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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 February 2011
Fundamental issues in the removal of processing aids from ceramic compacts prior to sintering have been investigated, both experimentally and theoretically. A general theoretical model has been developed that couples simultaneous momentum, heat, and mass transfer phenomena in disordered porous materials with the mechanical response predicted by an appropriate poroelasticity theory for partially saturated porous granular materials. The kinetics of pyrolytic degradation of organic processing aids were studied using a thermogravimetric analysis-mass spectrometry (TGA-MS) system.