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MATERIAL INTERFACES FOR MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC METAL MANUFACTURING

  • US 20170252822A1
  • Filed: 03/06/2017
  • Published: 09/07/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A nozzle for jetting liquid metal, the nozzle comprising:

  • a housing defining at least one portion of a fluid chamber, the fluid chamber having an inlet region and a discharge region;

    one or more magnets supported on the housing with a magnetic field of the magnet directed through the housing; and

    electrodes defining at least one portion of a firing chamber within the fluid chamber between the inlet region and the discharge region, wherein electric current is conductible from the electrodes into the firing chamber in a direction intersecting the magnetic field in the firing chamber, and a portion of the housing defining the discharge region of the fluid chamber is formed of a ceramic material.

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