I recall using air filters made of "sintered bronze". They looked like a
rough block made of small metal beads all stuck together. I assumed the
sintering process was passing a spray of ground up metal through an arc or
flame so that the bits melted and stuck to whatever they hit on the other
side. The only part that confuses me is the word "nonporous" in your
definition. A nonporous air filter is of little use.
Mark Hooper
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert M. Lang [mailto:lang@isis.mit.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 10:44 AM
To: Sally or Dick Taylor
Cc: Don Malling; 6-Pack
Subject: Re: Sinter or Silica?
On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Sally or Dick Taylor wrote:
> Don---I'm not sure about this, but I think that sintering is the
> metalurgical process of blending materials, such as bronze with others,
> such as silica.
>
> Dick
from Webster:
sinter \'sin-t(*-)rin\ vt or sin.ter.ing : to cause to become a coherent
nonpporous mass by heating without melting
So it does indeed describe the process of making the metal.
I just thought I'd toss that out there.
rml
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