A thermal model of polymer degradation during selective laser sintering of polymer coated ceramic powders

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 24-40

  Vail, Neal K ^a   Balasubramanian, Badrinarayan ^b   Barlow, Joel W ^b   Marcus, Harris L ^c  

^a DAIMLER AG   (Germany)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDERS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COATED MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; FABRICATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; POWDER METALS; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SINTERING; THERMAL EFFECTS; AGGLOMERATION; COPOLYMERS; DECOMPOSITION; EMULSIONS; OXIDATION; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; THERMOANALYSIS;

POLYMER COATED CERAMIC POWDERS; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING (SLS) METHOD; THERMAL MODEL; BINDER DECOMPOSITION; COPOLYMER BINDERS; POLYMER EMULSIONS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0030367943     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552549610129764     Document Type: Article

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