SPARK PLASMASINTERING:
CURRENTSTATUS, NEW
DEVELOPMENTS
AND CHALLENGES
A Review of theCurrent Trends in SPS
Edited By

GIACOMO CAO
CLAUDE ESTOURNÈSJAVIER GARAYROBERTO ORRÙContributors
M. ArianeSayens Satt Grand Est, Dijon, FranceF. Balima
CNRS, Univ. Bordeaux, ICMCB, Pessac, FranceF. Barthelemy
DGATt, Echangeur de Guerry, Bourges, FranceK. Berger
GREEN, University of Lorraine, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy Cedex, FranceF. Bernard
ICB-UMR6303 CNRS/Burgundy University, Dijon; Sintermat Sas, Venarey-Les-Laumes,FranceP. Bernstein
Normandie Univ, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CNRS, CRISMAT, Caen, France
G. CaoDepartment of Mechanical, Chemical and Materials Engineering, Research Unit of theNational Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology (INSTM),
University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
K.T. Chan
Advanced Materials Processing and Synthesis (AMPS) Lab, Materials Science & Engineering
Program and Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department, University of California,
San Diego, CA, United States
G. Chevallier
CIRIMAT, Universite de Toulouse; CIRIMAT, CNRS, Universite Toulouse III—Paul
Sabatier, Toulouse, France
U.-C. Chung
CNRS, Universite de Bordeaux, ICMCB, UMR 5026, Pessac, France
M. Cologna
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Karlsruhe, Germany
H. Couque
NEXTER Munitions, Bourges, FranceR. Cury
Plansee Tungsten Alloys, Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny, FranceS. Cygan
Centre for Materials Research and Sintering Technology, Institute of Advanced
Manufacturing Technology, Krakow, Polandix

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H. Debeda
Universite de Bordeaux, IMS, UMR 5218, Talence, France
D. Delagnes
Clement Ader Institute (ICA), University of Toulouse, CNRS, Mines Albi, INSA, UPS,ISAE-SUPAERO, Toulouse, France
L. DupontNormandie Univ, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CNRS, CRISMAT, Caen, France
L. Durand
CEMES, CNRS UPR 8011 and University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France
C. Elissalde
CNRS, Universite de Bordeaux, ICMCB, UMR 5026, Pessac, France
C. Estournès
CIRIMAT, Universite de Toulouse; CIRIMAT, CNRS, Universite Toulouse III—Paul
Sabatier, Toulouse, France
J.E. Garay
Advanced Materials Processing and Synthesis (AMPS) Lab, Materials Science & Engineering
Program and Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department, University of California,San Diego, CA, United States
S. Grasso
Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom; Key Laboratory ofAdvanced Technologies of Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science andEngineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China
F. Gucci
Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
M. Higuchi
Superconducting Materials Laboratory, Graduate School of Science & Engineering, Shibaura
Institute of Technology, Tokyo, JapanJ. Huez
CIRIMAT, University of Toulouse, CNRS, INP-ENSIACET, Toulouse, FranceL. Jaworska
Centre for Materials Research and Sintering Technology, Institute of Advanced
Manufacturing Technology, Krakow, PolandP. Klimczyk
Centre for Materials Research and Sintering Technology, Institute of AdvancedManufacturing Technology, Krakow, PolandY. Kodera
Advanced Materials Processing and Synthesis (AMPS) Lab, Materials Science & Engineering
Program and Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department, University of California,
San Diego, CA, United States

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M. Kubota
Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Industrial Technology, Nihon
University, Narashino, Japan
U. KusCIRIMAT, Universite de Toulouse; CIRIMAT, CNRS, Universite Toulouse III—Paul
Sabatier; CIRIMAT, University of Toulouse, CNRS, INP-ENSIACET, Toulouse, France
A. Largeteau
CNRS, Univ. Bordeaux, ICMCB, Pessac, France
P. MahotPlansee Tungsten Alloys, Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny, France
C. ManièreCIRIMAT, Universite de Toulouse; CIRIMAT, CNRS, Universite Toulouse III—Paul
Sabatier; CEMES, CNRS UPR 8011 and University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France
M.R. Mphahlele
Centre for Nanomechanics & Tribocorrosion, School of Mining, Metallurgy & Chemical
Engineering, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
Z.A. Munir
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA,United States
M. Murakami
Superconducting Materials Laboratory, Graduate School of Science & Engineering, Shibaura
Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
M. Muralidhar
Superconducting Materials Laboratory, Graduate School of Science & Engineering, Shibaura
Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
F. Naimi
ICB-UMR6303 CNRS/Burgundy University, Dijon; Sintermat Sas, Venarey-Les-Laumes,
FranceJ. Noudem
Normandie Univ, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CNRS, CRISMAT, Caen, France
M. Ohyanagi
Department of Materials Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Ryukoku University, Ohtsu, Japan
E.A. Olevsky
Powder Technology Laboratory, College of Engineering, San Diego State University, SanDiego, CA, United States
P.A. Olubambi
Centre for Nanomechanics & Tribocorrosion, School of Mining, Metallurgy & ChemicalEngineering, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

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R. OrrùDepartment of Mechanical, Chemical and Materials Engineering, Research Unit of theNational Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology (INSTM),
University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
M. Prakasam
CNRS, Univ. Bordeaux, ICMCB, Pessac, France
M. Reece
Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
R. Retoux
Normandie Univ, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CNRS, CRISMAT, Caen, France
M.-I. Rua-Taborda
Universite de Bordeaux, IMS, UMR 5218, Talence; CNRS, Universite de Bordeaux,ICMCB, UMR 5026, Pessac, France
T. Saunders
Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
V. Tyrpek
Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague 2, Czech
Republic
A.D. Volodchenkov
Advanced Materials Processing and Synthesis (AMPS) Lab, Materials Science & Engineering
Program and Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department, University of California,
San Diego, CA, United States
A. Weibel
CIRIMAT, Universite de Toulouse; CIRIMAT, CNRS, Universite Toulouse III—Paul
Sabatier, Toulouse, France