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Thermal spray is a microsolidification consolidation process for metals, intermetallics, ceramics, polymers, and composites. Thermal-spray processing has become an important powder-consolidation technique, and innovations are now yielding novel ways of manufacturing new materials and material combinations. This article, the first of two parts, reviews thermal-spray processes, describes their characteristics, and describes the attributes of the materials sprayed by such processes. Part I presents the range of thermal-spray processes and the materials systems that are able to be produced, leading from a coating to a forming technology.
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Smith, R.W., Knight, R. Thermal spraying I: Powder consolidation—From coating to forming. JOM 47, 32–39 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03221456
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