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Microwave Sintering of Metal Powder Materials (Review)

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This paper presents information about the history of using microwave energy in various fields along with brief description of the theory of microwave heating, its advantages and disadvantages. A review of the results of recent studies in the field of sintering metal powders and composite materials using microwave energy is performed. The use of microwave heating becomes of interest when it comes to additive technologies utilized during synthesis of the parts, as well as post-processing of the 3D-printed products.

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Translated from Metallurg, Vol. 65, No. 10, pp. 82–91, October, 2021. Russian DOI 10.52351/00260827_2021_10_82.

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Batienkov, R.V., Bol’shakova, A.N. & Khudnev, A.A. Microwave Sintering of Metal Powder Materials (Review). Metallurgist 65, 1163–1173 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11015-022-01260-y

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