Contact: SuperMaterials 1907 Kishwaukee Ave Rockford, Ill 60604 P2c@Acorncommerce.com 815-621-8004

1. The Materials Processing Problem Experience Problems Solved By P2C™ Uses and Benefits Plasma Pressure Compaction™ (P2C™) Equipment With DynaVerse™ For Nano/Micro Materials Processing Contact: SuperMaterials 1907 Kishwaukee Ave Rockford, Ill 60604 P2c@Acorncommerce.com 815-621-8004 • Seven years of continuous use for: • Ceramic Armor, Alumina, B4C, TiB2, both Micron and Nano Materials • Nd-YAG Transparent Compacts • Nano-Crystalline Tungsten Carbides • Aluminum Oxynitrides for Domes and Windows • Dense TiB2 for aluminum smelting anodes • Nano-Grained materials for tools and dies • Silicon Carbide/Boron Carbide space mirrors • Metal-Ceramic and reinforced composites • Other high-temperature hard to consolidate compacts • Though Powder Metal processes have evolved and incrementally improved through research, and trial and error, fundamental problems applying to high temperature and hard to alloy materials remain. • Powder Metal Applications have traditionally encountered process limitations leading to grain size, porosity, and densification problems • Long Sintering times, binder-aides, and long cycle times decrease the mechanical performance of PM compacts. • Essentially all problems relate to in-effective bonding of particles • High thermal efficiencies have not been achieved in other processes • Conventional processes all add compromises to processing resulting in less than optimal materials performance • Creation of Advanced 21st Century Materials • The only available process to effectively deal with Nano-materials without significant property and structure changes • For: • Super Hard and Tough Ceramics Cermets and Metal Alloys • Re-inforced Composite Ceramics • High Temperature Sintering with no bonding agents • Also: • FGM and Seamless Bonding of Dissimilar Materials (Ceramics to Metals) • Physical Testing of Computational Design Models and Theories of Materials • Inexpensive Near Net shape Rapid Prototyping • Replacement of certain VIM VAR Cast Metal Applications • Immediately available for use in materials research, electronic, ceramics, automobile, hard metals and tools, and defense Industries • After the first use of Electrical Consolidation in 1930’s, research has produced steady progress in high temperature sintering processes. • P2C™ is now the highest order of Rapid Sintering Technology • Patented 2001 • Fast heating and cooling rates---minutes not hours • Short holding times at high-temperatures • Fully dense specimens • Rapid densification with no coarse grain structures • No sintering additives • Improved metallurgical grain to grain bonding • Removes oxides and impurities from powder particles • Enhanced metallurgical, dielectric, and magnetic properties of • Nano and micron sized materials

2. Examples of P2C™ Densified Materials Tungsten Carbide Near Net Shapes With no Cobalt or Sinter-Binders Mid-Sized P2C™ Silicon Carbide Mirror Boron Carbide Consolidated in 3 Minutes at 1700C