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LIST OF TABLES
Table 2.1 Comparisons of various SFF techniques .......................................................... 21
Table 2.2 Example polymers that depolymerize during thermal degradation 37 (EI= end
initiation, WLS=weak link scission, RI=random initiation, CS=chain scission) ............. 29
Table 2.3 Processing effects in sintering 38
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Table 2.4 Three major sintering stages and their characteristics 37
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Table 2.5 Solubility interactions during liquid phase sintering 38
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Table 2.6 Examples of composite materials and their applications 41
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Table 2.7 Examples of FGM applications 45
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Table 3.1 Suspension composition for viscometry sweep. ............................................... 84
Table 3.2 Herschel-Bulkley model parameters for CB and HA gels ................................ 91
Table 3.3 Calculated separation distance between carbon black particles ....................... 96
Table 3.4 Calculated values for determining Ea ............................................................. 106
Table 4.1 Calculated residual carbonaceous content with a polymer additive origin. ... 125
Table 4.2 Microindentation Vickers test measurement for Ni specimens. ..................... 130
Table 5.1 Formulations for pure BT and BTNi composite inks ..................................... 140
Table 5.2 Measured Hardness and density of BT/Ni composites ................................... 154
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