Before revision: Advantages of the technique are: short sintering time (less than one second) no need for a controlled atmosphere even during sintering of highly reactive materials such as titanium the ability to obtain metastable and nanocrystalline materials (see Capacitor discharge sintering of nanocrystalline copper) Disambiguation The technique has been studied by Element Six under the name of electro-discharge sintering.
After revision: Advantages of the technique are: short sintering time (less than one second) no need for a controlled atmosphere even during sintering of highly reactive materials such as titanium the ability to obtain metastable and nanocrystalline materials Disambiguation The technique has been studied by Element Six under the name of electro-discharge sintering.