Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The incomplete union into a solid mass of the particles of a powder heated so that softening but not perfect fusion occurs.

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  • verb Present participle of sinter.
  • noun A process in which the particles of a powder are welded together by pressure and heating to a temperature below its melting point

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Examples

  • And then we have quite a lot of specialty applications, for example, we have an application called sintering, which is high-speed deposition and that's performed well through the first half of the year and actually our printing business it's not a massive business, has also a performed strongly.

    unknown title 2011

  • Researchers at the Univ. of Leicester, led by Professor Jingzhe Pan of the Department of Engineering, focused on a critical step in the manufacture of ceramics known as 'sintering'.

    Research & Development Today's News 2009

  • "Ceramics are produced from firstly compacting powders into a solid, and then firing the powder compacts in a process called 'sintering'.

    Research & Development Today's News 2009

  • These are precision cast by injecting a powdered metal slurry into a mold, removing the binders, and then heating (sintering) the parts.

    Which is a better material for a knife, high carbon steel or stainless steel? 2009

  • These are precision cast by injecting a powdered metal slurry into a mold, removing the binders, and then heating (sintering) the parts.

    Which is a better material for a knife, high carbon steel or stainless steel? 2009

  • The first human crew (three or four) gets there and sets up shop, first sintering a landing pad so that you don't have to land landers km away from the outpost.

    Shuttle-C - NASA Watch 2009

  • The sintering means that the stones are compressed to a solid; barium titanate is also used in capacitors in electrical circuits, and in stone form as the heating element in hair straighteners.

    Inventor James Dyson launches heater that cannot burn you 2011

  • Mr. Koszo, who is Hungarian, learned of the sintering technology in an article published by the University of New South Wales, which helped him partner with scientists

    Vecor Recycles Waste From Coal Plants Into Building Materials 2010

  • German prosecutors also are investigating a separate allegation that Mr.S. and Mr.A. planned to ship a second vacuum sintering oven to Iran in 2008 via a shell company registered in an unnamed Asian country.

    Germany Charges Two Over Iran Equipment Deal David Crawford 2010

  • A spokesman for the Iranian Embassy in Berlin, Heidar Zadeh, said the indictment is based on a misunderstanding, because the vacuum sintering oven was intended for use by an Iranian ceramics firm.

    Germany Charges Two Over Iran Equipment Deal David Crawford 2010

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  • See frit.

    November 9, 2007

  • "Once you've compacted the snow on your own, let it sit. If you're constructing a simple wall to shield you as you fire snowballs, building it the day before the snowball war can help sintering, the process in which the crystals bond together."

    - Andrew Moseman, Win Snowball Fights With Better Strategy and Snow Tech, popularmechanics.com, 24 Dec 2008.

    February 3, 2009