1. To prepare (materials for glass) by heat; fuse
2. To convert into a frit
To used of powdery metals or ores; to cause to become a coherent mass by heating without melting.
Stoffe (Metallpulver u. keram. Stoffe) durch Erhitzen zusammenbacken.
Densification of a particulate ceramic compact involving a removal of the pores between the starting particles (accompanied by equivalent shrinkage) combined with coalescence and strong bonding between adjacent particles.