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A comparison of the sintering characteristics of ball-milled and attritor-milled W–Ni–Fe heavy alloy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

M. L. Öveçoğlu
Affiliation:
Faculty of Chemistry-Metallurgy, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Technical University of Istanbul, Maslak, Istanbul 80626, Turkey
B. Özkal
Affiliation:
Faculty of Chemistry-Metallurgy, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Technical University of Istanbul, Maslak, Istanbul 80626, Turkey
C. Suryanarayana
Affiliation:
Institute for Materials and Advanced Processes, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83844–3026
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Abstract

Blended elemental W–7 wt.%Ni–3 wt. %Fe powders were mechanically alloyed in a planetary ball mill and a heavy duty attritor. The structural and morphological characteristics of the as-milled powders were characterized by x-ray diffraction and electron microscopy techniques. A ternary solid solution of Fe and Ni in W formed in both the cases; the amount of Ni and Fe dissolved is higher in the attritor-milled powder than in the ball-milled powder. Morphologically, the W-rich particles in the attritor-milled powders were spheroidal, smaller in size, and showed a narrower size distribution than in the ball-milled condition. These differences led to increased density in the attritor-milled powder compact and significant differences in chemical composition of the matrix region and W-rich grains. Transmission electron microscopy investigations of the matrix region in the compacts revealed the presence of Fe2W precipitates uniformly distributed in an Ni(Fe, W) matrix.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

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