Super-Fast Method for Ceramic Manufacturing

Scientists have reinvented a 26,000-year-old manufacturing process into an innovative approach to fabricating ceramic materials widely used in batteries, electronics, and extreme environments. Conventional ceramic sintering (part of the firing process used in the manufacture of ceramic objects) often requires hours of processing time. An ultrafast, high-temperature sintering method was developed that both meets the needs of modern ceramics and fosters the discovery of new material innovations.