Strengthening of Al and Al-Mg alloy wires by melt inoculation with Al/MgB2 nanocomposite

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 207-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Florián-Algarín ◽  
Raúl Marrero ◽  
Alexandra Padilla ◽  
Oscar Marcelo Suárez

AbstractThis study hinges on the feasibility of strengthening Al and Al-Mg wires by adding Al nanocomposite pellets containing MgB2 nanoparticles into the melt upon fabrication. These MgB2 nanoparticles were obtained by fragmentation using a high-energy ball mill, and were, afterward, mechanically alloyed with pure aluminum. The resulting MgB2/Al nanocomposite pellets were sintered at 260°C to be subsequently added into molten aluminum and an Al-Mg alloy melt. Cold rolling intercalated with stepwise annealing allowed the fabrication of 1 mm diameter wires with a final area reduction of 96%. Mechanical and physical properties of the treated wire specimens were compared to those of similarly processed pure aluminum wire. The ultimate tensile strength of the treated wires increased approximately double fold with respect to untreated wires at the expense of some loss in electrical conductivity.

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 50 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Florián-Algarín ◽  
Angelisse Ramos-Morales ◽  
Michelle Marrero-García ◽  
Oscar Suárez

This research focuses on the fabrication of aluminum wires treated with MoB2 nanoparticles and their effect on selected mechanical and thermal properties of the wires. These nanoparticles were obtained by fragmentation in a high-energy ball mill and then mechanically alloyed with pure aluminum powder to form Al/MoB2 pellets. The pellets were added to molten pure aluminum (99.5%) at 760 °C. Afterwards, the treated melt was cast into cylindrical ingots, which were cold-formed to the desired final diameter with intermediate annealing. X-ray diffraction and optical microscopy allowed characterizing the structure and microstructure of the material. The wires underwent tensile and bending tests, as well as electrical measurements. Finally, this research demonstrated how the mechanical properties of aluminum wires can be enhanced with the addition of MoB2 nanoparticles with minimal effects on the material resistivity.


2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (5-6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pardeep Sharma

AbstractIn the present research work nickel (Ni) and titanium (Ti) elemental powder with an ostensible composition of 50% of each by weight were mechanically alloyed in a planetary high energy ball mill in diverse milling circumstances (10, 20, 30 and 60 h). The inspection exposed that increasing milling time leads to a reduction in crystallite size, and after 60 h of milling, the Ti dissolved in the Ni lattice and the NiTi (B2) phase was obtained. The lattice strain of ball milled mixtures augmented from 0.15 to 0.45 at 60 h milling. With increase in milling time the morphology of pre-alloyed powder changed from lamella to globular. Annealing of as-milled powders at 1100 K for 800 s led to the formation of NiTi (B19′), grain growth and the release of internal strain. The result indicated that this technique is a powerful and highly productive process for preparing NiTi intermetallic compounds with a nano-crystalline structure and appropriate morphology.


2019 ◽  
Vol 969 ◽  
pp. 68-72
Author(s):  
K. Chandra Sekhar ◽  
Balasubramanian Ravisankar ◽  
S. Kumaran

An attempt was made to synthesis Al-5083alloy through high energy ball milling and densification through ECAP. The elemental powders consisting of Al5083 was milled for 5, 10 and 15 hrs using Retsch high energy ball mill (PM400). The physical and structural properties of mechanically alloyed particulates were characterised by diffraction methods and electron microscopy. The 15hrs nanocrystalline structured particulates of Al5083 alloy shows crystallite size of 15nm. Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) reveals the morphology of alloy which is irregular shaped. The size of alloyed particulates also measured using SEM and found to be 7μm for 15hrs of milling. The 15hr milled alloy particulates were densified by ECAP through 90o die channel angle. Maximum densification of 92% and highest hardness of 63HRB was achieved for sample consolidated with route-A for two passes along with sintering.


1993 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 307-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Aoki ◽  
A. Memezawa ◽  
T. Masumoto

An intermetallic compound c–NiZr and a mixture of elemental powders of nickel and zirconium [Ni50Zr50 (at. %)] have been mechanically ground (MG) and mechanically alloyed (MA), respectively, using a high-energy ball mill in various atmospheres. The products were characterized by x-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, and chemical analysis as a function of milling time. An amorphous a–NiZr alloy was prepared by both MG and MA in an argon atmosphere. By MG of NiZr, an amorphous nitride a–NiZrN0.15 was synthesized in a nitrogen atmosphere, while a crystalline hydride c–NiZrH3 was formed in a hydrogen atmosphere. On the other hand, ZrN and ZrH2 were formed by MA in a nitrogen and a hydrogen atmosphere, respectively. The amorphization reaction was observed between ZrH2 and Ni by further MA in a hydrogen atmosphere, and a mixture of a–NiZrxHy (x < 1) and ZrH2 was obtained. However, no amorphization was observed by MA between ZrN and Ni in a nitrogen atmosphere. The effects of the milling atmosphere on the phase formations during MG and MA are discussed based on the gas absorption rate.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hadi Jahangiri ◽  
Sultan Sönmez ◽  
M. Lütfi Öveçoğlu

The effects of milling atmosphere and mechanical alloying (MA) duration on the effective lattice parameter, crystallite size, lattice strain, and amorphization rate of the W-0.5 wt.% Ti powders were investigated. W-0.5 wt.% Ti powders were mechanically alloyed (MA’d) for 10 h and 20 h in a high energy ball mill. Moreover, morphology of the powders for various MA was analyzed using SEM microscopy. Their powder density was also measured by helium pycnometer. The dry milled agglomerated powders have spherical particle, while wet milled powders have layered morphology. Milling media and increasing of milling time significantly reduce the crystallite size. The smallest crystallite size is 4.93 nm which belonged to the dry milled powders measured by Lorentzian method after 20 hours’ MA. However, after 20 hours, MA’d powders show the biggest crystallite size, as big as 57.07 nm, measured with the same method in ethanol.


2012 ◽  
Vol 188 ◽  
pp. 369-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iulian Ştefan ◽  
Sorin Savu ◽  
Olimpia Ghermec ◽  
Claudiu Nicolicescu ◽  
Mario Trotea

The paper presents the results of experimental researches on the formation of barium hexaferrite type M (BHFM) by microwave heating. The microwave heating process takes only a few minutes to obtain calcined barium ferrite powders. Micronic and nanometric powders of BaCO3 and α-Fe2O3 were used as raw materials. In order to obtain BHFM, the microwave heating process was used with following mixtures: stoichiometric homogeneous mixture of BaCO3 and α-Fe2O3 powders, mechanically alloyed mixtures of BaCO3 and α-Fe2O3 powders for 5 and 20 hours in wet medium using a high energy ball mill Pulverisette 4. Using high energy ball milling, the powder size was turned into nanoscale. After using the microwave heating process it was observed a significant reduction of temperature-time parameters to BHFM formation for mechanically alloyed mixtures compared to homogeneous mixture.


2017 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 79-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Hamlati ◽  
W. Laslouni ◽  
Mohammed Azzaz ◽  
M. Zergoug ◽  
D. Martínez-Blanco ◽  
...  

Ternary Fe72Al26Sn2 and Cu70Fe18Co12 alloys were obtained by mechanical alloying of pure Fe, Al, Sn, Cu and Co powders using a high energy ball mill. X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy supported by magnetic measurements have been applied to follow changes in the microstructure, phase composition and magnetic properties in dependence on milling time. With the increase of milling time all Al and Sn atoms dissolved in the bcc Fe and the final product of the MA process was the nanocrystalline Fe (Al, Sn) solid solution in a metastable state with a large amount of defects and mean crystallite size of 5 nm. However, the obtained crystallite size value is about 10 nm for the ball milled Cu70Fe18Co12 powders. The electron microscope observations show the morphology of powder particles. Magnetic properties of the nanocrystalline mechanically alloyed FeAlSn and CuFeCo were also investigated and were related to the microstructural changes.


2014 ◽  
Vol 802 ◽  
pp. 66-71
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Estevam Coelho ◽  
D.B. Silvany ◽  
M.D.C. Sobral ◽  
M.C.A. Silva

In this works, aluminum scraps powders were mixed with commercial graphite and mechanically alloyed in a high-energy ball mill and subsequently powders sintering. The initial grinding of aluminum scraps for 2 hours and then mixed with commercial graphite powder at a proportion of (y)Al-(x)C (wt%) (x = 1, 5 e 10, 25). The mixture of aluminum and graphite powders was processed for a time at 5 hours of milling. The samples were sintered at a temperature of 750°C and 1000°C. Samples were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction. The results of this study were to find important parameters of composition and sintering, because the increase in concentration of carbon in the aluminum indicates that the material may have different applications.


2010 ◽  
Vol 173 ◽  
pp. 67-71
Author(s):  
Zuhailawati Hussain ◽  
Mahani Yusoff ◽  
Radzali Othman

An in-situ composite of copper and tungsten carbide powder was prepared by mechanical alloying of elemental powder. The sample has been milled in a high-energy ball mill for 20 h at different milling speed i.e. 100, 200, 300 and 400 rpm in an argon atmosphere. Investigations in terms of microstructural features and phase constitution of in-situ composites powder were performed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). At higher milling speed, W2C is found to be precipitated with a small amount of WC was formed. Crystallite size of copper is reducing while internal strain is increasing with increasing milling speed.


Author(s):  
E.A. Kenik ◽  
R.B. Bayuzick ◽  
M.S. Kim ◽  
C.C. Koch

Mechanical alloying involves the mixing and milling of compositionally different powders in a high energy ball mill. During this process, powder particles cold-weld to others upon impact and subsequently fracture. The coldwelding (which may involve local melting or at least elevated temperature just after impact) produces a zone of intermediate composition. As a result of the rapid heating and cooling of the interdiffused zone and the large amount of strain energy stored in the powder, mechanical alloying may produce metastable materials. The current study involves the microstructural evolution in mechanically alloyed elemental niobium and germanium powder blends.


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