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WhatsApp: +86 18838072829Nanosized TiC ceramic powders were fabricated by very high speed planetary ball milling, especially using coarse (micronsized) starting powders with the help of process control agents, and their refinement behavior was investigated as a function of the milling time and ball and uniform TiC nanoparticles were achieved through a shorttime mechanical milling for 60 min, in which ...
WhatsApp: +86 18838072829Abstract SLM processes are based on Keywords Ball milling Selective laser melting Mechanical alloying Titanium Calcium 1. Introduction In recent years, there has been a drive to create more bespoke titanium (Ti) alloys for bone implants, with properties close to that of the patient's bone.
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WhatsApp: +86 18838072829Adding process control agents to reduce caking, such as stearic acid, was found to result in the formation of SiC and potentially dangerous flammable gaseous products that reach high pressures in the mill. We have found that this to be true during ball milling all Sibased alloy systems. Therefore the use of such process control agents was avoided.
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WhatsApp: +86 18838072829The influence of milling time on the powder packing characteristics and compressive mechanical properties of a biomedical Ti10Nb3Mo alloy (wt.%) was investigated. Ball milling was performed on elemental metal powders at different milling times of 0 (blended), 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 h. This article demonstrates that despite the beneficial effects of ball milling technique in the mechanical ...
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WhatsApp: +86 188380728291. Introduction Numerous metallic and ceramic systems have been prepared using mechanical alloying (MA), due to its versatility and low operating cost [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]. MA is a solidstate technique that involves repeated welding, fracturing, and rewelding of powder particles in a highenergy ball mill [7], [8].
WhatsApp: +86 18838072829The various process parameters such as milling time, ball size, ball to powder ratio, and process control agent (PCA) strongly influence the final properties of mechanically alloyed powders [5]. It is wellknown that addition of PCA inadvertently introduces unwanted phases into the material as it decomposes during MA; moreover, these residues ...
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WhatsApp: +86 18838072829The balls and crosssections of the balls with the milling product obtained during the milling process, with the distribution of Ti, Ta, Mo and Sn elements observed on the surface of the ball. SEM images of TTM and TTM3S powders after 10, 15, 20, 40, 60, 80 and 100 h of milling: —scale bar represents 500 μm; —scale bar represents 50 μm.
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