Cerium monosulfide (CeS) powder was synthesized by the reduction of Ce 2 S 3 powder with metallic Ce, which was obtained from ceria (CeO 2 ) powder using carbon disulfide (CS 2 ) gas. To obtain the maximum amount of CeS from a mixture of Ce 2 S, and Ce, an excess amount of metallic Ce, a stoichiometric composition, was necessary in the synthesis at 1273 K for 10.8 ks. The preliminary sintering experiments also were performed using a synthetic CeS powder containing a small amount of Ce, Ce 2 O 2 S, and β-Ce 2 S 3 as impurities. It was found that the oxygen content in the sintered compact decreases gradually as the sintering temperature increases, because of the removal of the impurities due to the evaporation of the volatile CeO. Single-phase CeS was formed by sintering at 2173 K. To evaluate the activation energy for densification of single-phase CeS, a CeS powder was prepared by milling an initial sintered compact and was used as an ingredient for hot-press experiments. Densification data during hot-press sintering were analyzed using a kinetic equation, showing that boundary diffusion is a rate-limiting process. The results suggest that this boundary diffusion model can explain well the densification data, with an apparent activation energy of 479 kJ.mol -1 .
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