Metal powder production. Powders produced by gas and water atomization.
Rapidly solidified powders. Powder characterization and testing.
Mixing and compacting of metal powders. Automatic compaction.
Design of dies for compaction. Mechanisms and theories of sintering.
Sintering of iron, steels and copper alloys. Liquid phase sintering.
Sintering of hard metals. Hot pressing and powder forging.
Extrusion and rolling of powders. Cold sintering under high pressure.
Powder consolidation by shock and explosive loading. Powder metallurgy of
composite materials.
