Principles of laser micro sintering

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 204-212

  Regenfuss, P ^a   Streek, A ^a   Hartwig, L ^a   Klotzer S ^a   Brabant, Th ^a   Horn, M ^a   Ebert, R ^a   Exner, H ^a  

^a Laserinstitut Mittelsachsen eV/Hochschule Mittweida   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ceramics; Lasers; Plasma physics; Sintering

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; OXIDATION; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; Q SWITCHED LASERS; REACTION KINETICS; SINTERING; THERMODYNAMICS;

MICRO-SINTERED SURFACES; PRESSURE CONDITIONS; SYNERGISM;

LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 34547437774     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552540710776151     Document Type: Article

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