sinters
Compacts under heat
Sinters is the verb form of sinter, meaning to fuse particles into a solid mass through heat and pressure without fully melting them.
The process is fundamental to metallurgy and ceramics: The furnace sinters powdered metal into dense components.
As a noun, sinter is mineral deposit formed by precipitation from hot springs or geysers.
Enclosed heat-producing structure
- kilnOven for hardening clay
- coalescenceUniting into one mass
- diffusionPassive molecular spreading
- heat treatmentThermal processing of materials
firing · high temperature · densifying · crystallization · cooling rate
Creating objects by depositing layers
- ceramicsHardened clay objects
- densificationIncreasing mass per volume
- microstructureSubmillimeter material composition
- shrinkageDecrease in size
Extractable metallic mineral deposit
- fluxContinuous change or flow
- agglomerationCollected mass of parts
- pelletizingForming compressed small rounds
- blast furnaceOre-to-metal converter
bonding · permeability · coke · steel production · fines · briquetting · compaction · reducibility
Naturally heated groundwater basin
- geyserErupting thermal vent
- travertineLimestone from thermal springs
- geothermalRelating to underground heat
- fumaroleVolcanic gas vent
mineral deposits · hydrothermal · calcium carbonate · Yellowstone · thermal pool · precipitate · encrustation · tufa
furnace
Enclosed heat-producing structure
- kilnOven for hardening clay
- coalescenceUniting into one mass
- diffusionPassive molecular spreading
heat treatment · firing · high temperature · densifying · crystallization · cooling rate
3D printing
Creating objects by depositing layers
- ceramicsHardened clay objects
- densificationIncreasing mass per volume
- microstructureSubmillimeter material composition
iron ore
Extractable metallic mineral deposit
- fluxContinuous change or flow
- agglomerationCollected mass of parts
- pelletizingForming compressed small rounds
blast furnace · bonding · permeability · coke · steel production · fines · briquetting · compaction · reducibility · basicity
hot spring
Naturally heated groundwater basin
- geyserErupting thermal vent
- travertineLimestone from thermal springs
- geothermalRelating to underground heat
fumarole · mineral deposits · hydrothermal · calcium carbonate · Yellowstone · thermal pool · precipitate · encrustation · tufa · terraces
sinterscrumbles
Breaks into fragments
disintegrates · pulverizes · fragments · disperses · granulates