Mechanical milling of aluminum powders with two immiscible liquids, acetonitrile and hexane, produced roughly spherical particles increased flowability sizes in the range tens to hundreds microns specific surface areas 15 – 30 m2/g. The near shapes comprised agglomerated flakes. Samples were milled from 0.5 2 hours a planetary mill. Longer times led reduced sizes, while porosity area peaked at ...

Highly reflective magnetic powders have been available commercially for latent fingerprint development on dark background surfaces for a few years, however there are needs of a superior darker variety of the magnetic powder which would be ideally suitable for obtaining good contrast on light background surfaces. A novel dark magnetic powder is therefore suggested for the application in latent f...

The study investigated photocatalytic water splitting for O₂ production under visible light irradiation using neodymium vanadium oxide (NdVO₄) and vanadium oxide (V₂O₅) hybrid powders. The results in a sacrificial agent of 0.01 M AgNO₃ solution were obtained, and the highest photocatalytic O₂ evolution was 2.63 μmol/h, when the hybrid powders were prepared by mixing Nd and V at a volume ratio o...

Abstract Spherical AlN powders with micrometer size have attracted great attention owing to their good fluidity and dispersity. However, the industrial preparation methods usually require high temperature long soaking time, which lead cost limit wide application of products. Herein, nearly spherical particles average 2.5 µm were successfully synthesized via an in-situ combustion synthesis metho...

A series of placebo powders for inhalation was characterized regarding bulk density and powder flowability using different techniques. The powders were of the ordered mixture type and were prepared by mixing a pharmaceutical carrier grade of lactose with different fractions of intermediate sized and fine (i.e., micronized) lactose. A modified Hausner Ratio was obtained by measurement of the pou...

We have studied the amorphization behavior of Mg85KxY15Cux (xZ20–40) alloy powders synthesized by mechanical alloying technique. The as-milled powders were mainly amorphous after 10 h of milling. The thermal stability of these Mg85KxY15Cux glassy powders was investigated by differential scanning calorimeter (DSC). The ranges of Tg, Tx and DTx are around 430–459, 467–497, and 30–46 K, respective...

Ammonium glycolate combustion was used to synthesize SrZr0.95Y0.05O3−x powders. Soluble metal-glycolate complexes, detected by infrared spectroscopy, were formed with Y+3 and Zr+4, which maintain atomic level mixing of metal cations with glycolic acid. Sr+2/glycolic acid mixtures did not form glycolate complexes. Temperature-programmed reaction studies showed that only precursor solutions with ...

The supply chain for metal powders used in additive manufacturing (AM) is currently experiencing exponential growth and with this growth come new powder suppliers, new powder manufacturing methods and increased competition. The high number of potential supply chain options provides AM service providers with a significant challenge when making decisions on powder procurement. This paper provides...

Understanding the laser-powder interaction during laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) of composite systems is vital in producing robust parts. The currently existing mechanically mixed powders are unable to meet requirements an ideal for LPBF process, even if metallic particles remain highly spherical with a second constituent attached them. It was found that presence reinforcing agent (i.e., B4C) o...

Calcium deficient nanohydroxyapatite (nanoHap) powders were synthesized by co-precipitation of calcium α-D-heptagluconate hydrate and diammonium hydrogen phosphate solutions. TEM and HRTEM images of powders after the drying of products showed that the reactant concentration affected the sizes and morphology of particles. Small changes were found in phase composition of nanoHap powders synthesiz...