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Process of forming and bonding material by heat or pressure
Sintering or frittage is the process of compacting and forming a solid mass of material by pressure or heat without melting it to the point of liquefaction. Sintering happens as part of a manufacturing process used with metals, ceramics, plastics, and other materials. The atoms/molecules in the sintered material diffuse across the boundaries of the particles, fusing the particles together and creating a solid piece. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: SinteringA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Seed‐Crystal‐Induced Cold Sintering Toward Metal Halide Transparent Ceramic ScintillatorsInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Kakushu rantanido sankabutsu o shōketsu jozai to suru chikka keiso hotto-puresu shōkettaiThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The effect of electric field and pressure on the synthesis and consolidation of materials: A review of the spark plasma sintering methodCited 2,246 times
- Go sideways: Liquid phase sinteringA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Powder metallurgyA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Verb present participle and gerund of sinter
Noun A process in which the particles of a powder are welded together by pressure and heating to a temperature below its melting point.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
The effect of electric field and pressure on the synthesis and consolidation of materials: A review of the spark plasma sintering method
Residual stresses in selective laser sintering and selective laser melting
A review on selective laser sintering/melting (SLS/SLM) of aluminium alloy powders: Processing, microstructure, and properties
Sintering dense nanocrystalline ceramics without final-stage grain growth
Sintering of Catalytic Nanoparticles: Particle Migration or Ostwald Ripening?
Review: liquid phase sintering
Bone tissue engineering using polycaprolactone scaffolds fabricated via selective laser sintering
Field‐Assisted Sintering Technology/Spark Plasma Sintering: Mechanisms, Materials, and Technology Developments
🆕 Influential since 2022
Seed‐Crystal‐Induced Cold Sintering Toward Metal Halide Transparent Ceramic Scintillators
Advances in selective laser sintering of polymers
Low-temperature sintering of Ag nanoparticles for high-performance thermoelectric module design
Ultrafine metal nanoparticles isolated on oxide nano-islands as exceptional sintering-resistant catalysts
Coalescence of Al0.3CoCrFeNi polycrystalline high-entropy alloy in hot-pressed sintering: a molecular dynamics and phase-field study
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Kakushu rantanido sankabutsu o shōketsu jozai to suru chikka keiso hotto-puresu shōkettaiKazuo Ueno · 1984
Sintering TechnologyRandall M. German, Gary L. Messing · 1996- 📕Evaluation of press-and-sinter parameters for tantalum pentoxide by the diametral compression testZ. Livne · 1997
Laser Sintering with PlasticsManfred Schmid · 2018- 📕Effect of oxygen-nitrogen ration on sinterability of sialonsAlan Arias · 1979
Field-Assisted SinteringEugene A. Olevsky, Dina V. Dudina · 2018- 📕Sintering '87International Symposiumon Science and Technology of Sintering (4th 1987 Tokyo, Japan) · 1988
- 📕Evaluation of press-and-sinter parameters for tantalum pentoxide by the diametral compression testZ Livne · 1997
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🔗 Related topics
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- Powder metallurgy Powder metallurgy (PM) is a wide range of ways in which materials or components are made from metal powders. PM processes are sometimes used to reduce…
- Nanocrystalline material A nanocrystalline material or nanocrystal (NC) is a polycrystalline nanoparticle with a crystallite size of only a few nanometers. These materials fill…
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