GELCASTING: From laboratory development toward industrial production

Conference · Sat Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/215834· OSTI ID:86933

Omatete, O O; Janney, M A; Nunn, S D

Gelcasting, a ceramic forming process, was developed to overcome some of the limitations of other complex-shape forming techniques such as injection molding and slip casting. In gelcasting, a concentrated slurry of ceramic powder in a solution of organic monomers is poured into a mold and then polymerized in-situ to form a green body in the shape of the mold cavity. Thus, it is a combination of polymer chemistry with slip processing and represents minimal departure from standard ceramic processing. The simplicity of the process has attracted industrial partners and by collaboration between them and the developers, the process is being advanced from the laboratory toward industrial production.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); National Inst. of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 86933
• Report Number(s): CONF-9504181--1; ON: DE95014267
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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