UHS rapid sintering
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Category: Process/Prototyping
Developers: University of Maryland College Park Univ. of Maryland, Materials Science and Engineering Dept.
Co-Developers: HighT-Tech LLC
United States
Product Description:The team has invented and patented an ultrafast high-temperature sintering (UHS) process that can achieve record-high temperatures of up to 3,000 ℃ and ultrafast heating rates of up to 100,000 ℃/minute via radiative heating. The UHS method can directly sinter oxide precursors into solid, dense ceramics in just seconds.
Developers: University of Maryland College Park Univ. of Maryland, Materials Science and Engineering Dept.
Co-Developers: HighT-Tech LLC
United States
Product Description:The team has invented and patented an ultrafast high-temperature sintering (UHS) process that can achieve record-high temperatures of up to 3,000 ℃ and ultrafast heating rates of up to 100,000 ℃/minute via radiative heating. The UHS method can directly sinter oxide precursors into solid, dense ceramics in just seconds.
UHS sintering process reported as the cover of Science