燒結是一種熱處理工藝，在過去幾十年中有關燒結的研究一直非常活躍，而且仍然在不斷普及。儘管開發了許多種先進的技術，大多數材料的燒結製程溫度還是在高達1000℃以上的高溫下進行。最近，Pennsylvania State University研究團隊建立了一個新的燒結途徑-冷燒結工藝(Cold Sintering Process, CSP)，在低於300℃的低溫環境下成功地獲得一緻密的陶瓷固體。
在本次研究中，我們以相似觀念運用在軟磁材料-鎳鋅鐵氧體，其具有高頻、高阻抗和低損耗的特點，再找出適合的添加劑使其黏著，並且使用熱壓機調整製程的溫度、壓力和持溫時間，製作出一環形樣品測量磁特性，但結果顯示低於原始粉末，最後使用後處理的方式-退火，改善磁特性，使其能與傳統製程相互媲美。

Sintering is a heat treatment process. Not only has its research been very active in the past decades but it is still being popularized. Although many advanced technologies have been developed, most of their temperature for several materials in sintering process still remain quite high, at least 1000℃. Recently, the research team at The Pennsylvania State University established a new sintering route, called Cold Sintering Process (CSP), which is capable to densify materials at the low temperature under 300℃ to obtain dense ceramic solids.
In our research, we apply the similar concepts on the soft magnetic material, nickel zinc ferrite, which has high frequency, high impedance, and low loss. We find a suitable additive for adherence and use a hot-pressing machine with various parameters, such as temperature, pressure, and soaking duration, in order to fabricate a toroidal core. After magnetic properties measurement, the results show that they are lower than that of the original powders. Finally, with post-processing, annealing, the magnetic properties can be improved, which is able to compete with the traditional process.

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