Obtaining of W/Cu nanocomposite powders by high energy ball milling process
Claudiu NICOLICESCU, Victor Horia NICOARĂ, Florin POPA, Traian Florin MARINCA
download PDFAbstract. The morphology of the particles is important in the process of obtaining alloys based on W/Cu, thus this investigation is focused on the influence of the copper content on the properties of W/Cu nanocomposites powders obtained after 20 hours of high energy ball milling. The experimental results regarding the obtaining of W100-x/Cux nanocomposites (x between 20 and 45 wt. %) are presented. Composition of the mixtures influenced the particle size distribution namely, the higher is Cu content the larger dimensions of the particles will be attained. After 20 hours of high energy ball milling the crystallites size was about 30 nm for copper respectively 12 nm for tungsten and Cu atoms entered in the W structure.
Keywords
Powder metallurgy, Tungsten nanopowders, W/Cu nanocomposite powders, Mechanical milling
Published online 11/5/2018, 9 pages
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Citation: Claudiu NICOLICESCU, Victor Horia NICOARĂ, Florin POPA, Traian Florin MARINCA, ‘Obtaining of W/Cu nanocomposite powders by high energy ball milling process’, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 8, pp 173-181, 2018
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21741/9781945291999-20
The article was published as article 20 of the book Powder Metallurgy and Advanced Materials
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