2. Materials and applications
Two approaches are being used in SHS technology;
the first of them is the production of intermediate products,
which are then used as raw materials in further
processing; the second approach is based on direct production
of finished article, in this case synthesis, structuring
and shaping are carried out in a one-stage
(simultaneous synthesis and densification) [4].
Actually over 500 compounds have been synthesising
by SHS method. Some of these materials are listed in
Table 1.
The applications of these materials can be classified
as: