sinter

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   An alluvial sediment deposited by a mineral spring.

   • That water at a high temperature can hold quartz in solution is well illustrated by the deposits of silicious sinter, thrown down by thermal springs, […]
   • It has steaming lakes, pools, and streams, healing baths and springs, acidulous basins of emerald, opal, and orange, and tinted terraces of sinter.
2. 2

   A mass formed by sintering.

   • Consider a copper sinter material with spherical sinter particles in an early stage of the sintering process, see Fig. 3.5(a).
3. 3

   A mixture of iron ore and fluxes added to a blast furnace.

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   1. 4

      To heat a compacted powder mass to form a hardened mass.

      • Most, if not all, metals may be sintered.
      • A properly made, fully sintered and fully annealed metal clay piece should be able to stand up to any traditional metalsmithing technique.

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