Ceramics enter a new era with laser-welded joints
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Ceramics enter a new era with laser-welded joints
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#2This is very interesting. Anyone have a good article for laypeople about the modern use of ceramics in making things. I tried googling but failed.
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#3With the ability to weld glass to metal and now ceramic welding, the next 50 years are going to see a manufacturing revolution.
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#4I was hoping to find a ceramics fusion welding technology while I was researching thermionic converters. I thought it was impossible. Glad to see someone figured out how to do it!
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#5Link to the actual paper: https://sci-hub.tw/downloads/2019-08-22/85/10.1126@science.a...
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#6I was hoping to find a ceramics fusion welding technology while I was researching thermionic converters. I thought it was impossible. Glad to see someone figured out how to do it!
What were you making thermionic converters for?
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#7I was hoping to find a ceramics fusion welding technology while I was researching thermionic converters. I thought it was impossible. Glad to see someone figured out how to do it!
What were you making thermionic converters for?
Just personal interest in converting heat to electricity. I saw a demo of it on youtube and it seemed simple in principle. The materials required are often superlative and hard to master.
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#8With the ability to weld glass to metal and now ceramic welding, the next 50 years are going to see a manufacturing revolution.
Super critical water oxidation has been a benchtop process for quite a long time. As far as I’m aware they pretty much only use it for dealing with super toxic sludge these days, presumably because it’s too expensive to use for anything else.
It can burn just about anything which is why it’s difficult to get the ceramic pressure vessel right. Wondering if this will do anything to improve the situation.
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#9What sort of applications would this be used for? I see in the article housing electronics, but isn't plastic pretty good for that? Aren't ceramics super brittle?
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#10With the ability to weld glass to metal and now ceramic welding, the next 50 years are going to see a manufacturing revolution.
For someone without experience or the context of manufacturing, could you clarify why we will see a “manufacturing revolution”?