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Paths of progress in liquid metal processing

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Industry has identified three major issues as being fundamental to future technological developments: process step elimination, product-process integration, and intelligent processing. This article reviews these concepts by discussing recent research at the University of Toronto on plasma processing, netshape casting, and diagnostic sensors for the evaluation of liquid metal quality.

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  1. University of Toronto, USA

    A. McLean Ph.D. (chair of the Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science, member of TMS), H. Soda M.A.Sc. (research associate in the Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science) & I. D. Sommerville Ph.D. (professor in the Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science)

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McLean, A., Soda, H. & Sommerville, I.D. Paths of progress in liquid metal processing. JOM 47, 67–72 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03221154

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