TY - JOUR A1 - Mieller, Björn A1 - Rabe, Torsten A1 - Rangelov, V. T1 - In situ shrinkage measurement during pressure-assisted sintering of low temperature co-fired ceramic panels N2 - Shrinkage measurements of miniaturized low temperature co-fired ceramics (LTCC) samples under load typically lead to collapsing of the samples, which hampers the characterization of shrinkage up to full densification. In this paper, a measurement setup is presented, which allows for in situ shrinkage measurements of practical, large LTCC panels during pressure-assisted sintering in a sintering press. The shrinkage behavior of two commercial LTCC systems (GreenTape 951 and Ceramtape GC) has been measured under loads of up to 1 MPa. No crushing of the specimens was observed and reproducible characterization of shrinkage up to full densification has been performed. Based on comparisons to thermomechanical analyzer measurements in this and other studies, it was found that the in situ approach is much better suited for shrinkage characterization of LTCC under load. Reproducibility and accuracy of the method are discussed and practical as well as more academic applications are proposed. KW - Shrinkage KW - Low temperature KW - Sinter/sintering PY - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/ijac.12634 SN - 1546-542X SN - 1744-7402 VL - 14 IS - 2 SP - 245 EP - 251 AN - OPUS4-39327 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -