Talk:Sintering

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Sintering of powdered metals requires an organic "forming" compound to be mixed with the steel alloy which is pressed in a form, usually in a vacum furnace, at very high heat 2000deg or so, this may vary. The high heat burns out the forming material. Sintered metals then require a traditional heat treating process, since the high heat makes the grain structure do some crazy things.

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From the article "sinter":

Sinter is a material charged to the Blast Furnace in the Ironmaking Process.

It consists of fine iron ore fused at high temperature with fluxes to form a porus clinker, which is later charged to the blast furnace.

Sintering takes place in a Sinter Plant, sinter plants are also used to recycle waste material generated elsewhere in the steelmaking process.

This material should be checked out and merged in by someone with more expertise in the field than I. -- 71.48.151.56 01:23, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

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I removed the whole section on microwave sintering, as it seems to be a copyright violation. See the original. --Slashme 13:27, 26 September 2007 (UTC)