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MOLTEN MATERIAL INTERFACES FOR MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC METAL MANUFACTURING

  • US 20170252829A1
  • Filed: 03/06/2017
  • Published: 09/07/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of manufacturing, the method comprising:

  • providing a liquid metal in a firing chamber at least partially defined by electrodes, the firing chamber in fluid communication with a discharge region defined by a housing supporting the electrodes;

    directing a magnetic field into the liquid metal in the firing chamber; and

    delivering electric current from the electrodes into the liquid metal in the firing chamber in a direction intersecting the magnetic field in the firing chamber to eject the liquid metal from the discharge region to form an object, wherein the electrodes and the liquid metal are formed of the same material at a respective interface between each electrode and the liquid metal.

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