Title: Study on the oxidation-reduction sintering process. (Part 1).
Abstract: It is difficult to sinter a tape-carted green sheet of Cu-Al alloy powder using ordinary sintering process in a reducing or vacuum atomosphere. The sintering process of a Cu-Al porous sintered alloy has been investigated to produce an anode of Cu-based alloy for a molten carbonate fuel cell. The results indicate that the green sheet can be sintered by the two-step sintering process; firing in the air to oxidize and sinter, and reducing in H2 gas. The reaction model which can explain the sintering process during the oxidation, is described.