Effects of dispersion technique and component ratio on densification and microstructure of multi-component Cu-based metal powder in direct laser sintering

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 182, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 564-573

  Gu, Dongdong ^a   Shen, Yifu ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

Cu based metal powder; Direct metal laser sintering (DMLS); Liquid phase sintering; Powder dispersion; Rapid prototyping (RP)

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; LASER APPLICATIONS; MICROSTRUCTURE; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SINTERING;

DIRECT METAL LASER SINTERING (DMLS); LIQUID PHASE SINTERING; POWDER DISPERSION;

POWDER METALLURGY;

EID: 33750608091     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2006.09.026     Document Type: Article

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