Comment on lsquo;lsquo;Particle size distribution effects on sintering ratesrsquo;rsquo; lsqb;J. Appl. Phys.60, 383 (1986)rsqb;

摘要

A recent paper in the Journal of Applied Physics analyzed the dependence of sintering rate on power particlehyphen;size distribution to derive a basic relative rate constant for the process. The derivation involved rather cumbersome numerical quadratures of the lognormal functions concerned. This procedure is unnecessary, since an exact closedhyphen;form result, as given in this Comment, is easily obtained. Some fairly obvious incidental errors in the original presentation are also corrected. Several other lognormal distribution integrals, apparently unlisted in previous literature and which might prove similarly useful in connection with distribution problems, are also presented.