atomization

metallurgy

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powder metallurgy

  • Catalan hearth or forge used for smelting iron ore until relatively recent times. The method of charging fuel and ore and the approximate position of the nozzle supplied with air by a bellows are shown.
    In metallurgy: Processes

    In other atomization processes, centrifugal force is used. The metal can be poured onto a spinning disk that breaks up the stream, or a spinning rod can be melted by an electric arc so that it throws off particles as it spins.

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