sintering
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Noun
A process in which the particles of a powder are welded together by pressure and heating to a temperature below its melting point.
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The idea was to build a thick pavement of high-density dry snow, allowing it to "age-harden" like concrete. The latter process, technically known as sintering, depends on the progressive formation of intergranular bonds, mainly by temperature-dependent vapor diffusion.
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