sintered
Powder became solid
Sintered describes a material that has been formed by heating powdered particles until they fuse together without fully melting.
The process, called sintering, creates solid objects from metal, ceramic, or plastic powders under heat and pressure: sintered bronze bearings, sintered iron gears.
The technique produces porous materials useful in filters and self-lubricating parts.
Reducing volume through pressure
- densificationIncreasing mass per volume
- powderedCrushed to fine particles
- pressingRequiring immediate attention
- binderDevice securing loose pages
diffusion · consolidation · porosity · shrinkage · atomization · infiltration
Oven for hardening clay
- firingTerminating employment
- bisqueCreamy seafood soup
- vitrificationTransformation into glass
- clayMoldable earth for ceramics
porcelain · stoneware · earthenware · alumina · zirconia · refractory · furnace · shrinkage
Cereal plant's harvest unit
- porosityVoid space density
- densificationIncreasing mass per volume
- phaseDistinct period in sequence
- diffusionPassive molecular spreading
Separating solids from liquids
- permeabilityAbility to transmit fluids
- foamBubble-filled substance
- breathabilityAirflow through material
- wickingLiquid drawn through fibers
Choosing with care
- layeredHaving multiple levels
- prototypingMaking preliminary models
- post-processingModifying output after generation
compaction
Reducing volume through pressure
- densificationIncreasing mass per volume
- powderedCrushed to fine particles
- pressingRequiring immediate attention
binder · diffusion · consolidation · porosity · shrinkage · atomization · infiltration
kiln
Oven for hardening clay
- firingTerminating employment
- bisqueCreamy seafood soup
- vitrificationTransformation into glass
clay · porcelain · stoneware · earthenware · alumina · zirconia · refractory · furnace · shrinkage · greenware
grain
Cereal plant's harvest unit
- porosityVoid space density
- densificationIncreasing mass per volume
- phaseDistinct period in sequence
diffusion · homogeneity · crystalline · coalescence · solid-state
filtration
Separating solids from liquids
- permeabilityAbility to transmit fluids
- foamBubble-filled substance
- breathabilityAirflow through material
wicking · aeration · capillarity · absorption
selective
Choosing with care
- layeredHaving multiple levels
- prototypingMaking preliminary models
- post-processingModifying output after generation
filters
Selective passage barriers
- bearingsAwareness of one's position
- gearsToothed rotating machine parts
- bushingsCylindrical interface liners
magnets · electrodes · implants · catalysts · self-lubricating
- kiln firedbisque, earthenware, porcelain, stoneware, terracotta
- material structurescrystal, lattice, fiber, matrix, polymer
- metal propertiesmalleable, ductile, conductive, magnetic, brittle
- processed statesprocessed, treated, refined, purified, filtered
- pottery conditionsbisque, greenware, bone dry, glazed, unglazed