Abstract: Fabricating ceramic materials into complex 3-D components is typically a complicated, costly, and time-consuming process that involves diamond machining to achieve its final shape. In most cases, the initial processing is powder-based, followed by densification (sintering) at elevated temperatures. Only a few circumstances, such as fuse casting and thermal spraying, can ceramics be directly fabricated into near net-shape, fully dense ceramic components. However, these techniques require an extremely high temperature to melt the ceramic.
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Journal article preprint |
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25 |
| Report Date: |
Jan-2009 |
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FA8650-04-C-5704 FA865004C5704 |
| Report Number: |
A057005 |
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