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Freeze-Casting

24 pointsby soupspaceslast Monday at 12:32 AM5 commentsview on HN

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dwoosleytoday at 3:42 AM

This is a pretty cool concept for hobbyist with a 3d printer who wants one off metal parts. Sure, you can always cast… but it’s not easy.

There is a similar way to do this casting with infusion and sintering using metal powder infused FTP printer filament. It shrinks down a bit more than this freeze casting sintering I think but it skips the slurry/freezing step of freeze casting.

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usuitoday at 3:25 AM

> solution or slurry

> suspension or slurry

> solution or slurry

> suspension or slurry

I'm not sure why this has to be specified more than once. Is a "slurry" meaningfully different enough from a "suspension" or "solution" such that it needs to be specified each time?

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tug2024today at 3:08 AM

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