Materials for high speed sintering

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 29, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 2080-2085

  Ellis, Adam ^a   Noble, Christopher J ^a   Hartley, Liam ^a   Lestrange, Charis ^a   Hopkinson, Neil ^a   Majewski, Candice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Additive manufacturing; High speed sintering; Materials

Indexed keywords

3D PRINTERS; ADDITIVES; ELONGATION; FEEDSTOCKS; LASER HEATING; MATERIALS; POLYMERS; POWDERS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING;

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY; APPROPRIATE MATERIALS; ELONGATION AT BREAK; FEEDSTOCK MATERIALS; HIGH SPEED; PROCESSABLE MATERIALS; REDUCED TENSILE STRENGTH; STRENGTH AND ELONGATIONS;

SINTERING;

EID: 84911953144     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2014.156     Document Type: Article

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