Experimental Research of Sintered Porous Materials of Bronze Powders

Porous sample were fabricated by sintering of bronze ( Cu Sn10) with different particle size range. The paper investigates the influence of the particle size distribution, temperature and sintering time on the structural characteristics (porosity, pore size, dimensional changes) of the porous parts studied. A porous structure with small-sized pores and a uniform distribution of the pore sizes is obtained in conditions of a narrow range of particle size distribution, small size of the powder particles and optimal sintering parameters

Influence of benzene on the Ni3Fe nanocrystalline compound formation by wet mechanical alloying: An investigation combining DSC, X-ray diffraction, mass and IR spectrometries

International audienceNanocrystalline Ni3Fe powders were obtained via wet mechanical alloying using benzene as surfactant. The differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) measurements showed the presence of an exothermic peak which does not correspond to any phase transformation or phase formation as was proved by X-ray diffraction measurements. The exothermic peak was observed neither for the dry milled samples nor for the wet milled and subsequently annealed powders at 350 degrees C for 4 h. The infra-red (IR) spectra registered for the wet milled samples showed a series of vibration bands corresponding to C6H6 and also to a series of fragments resulting from benzene decomposition. The results obtained by IR investigation were confirmed by thermogravimetry and mass spectrometry (TG + MS) investigations. The main fragments resulting from the benzene decomposition on the surface of the nanocrystalline Ni3Fe powders are: CO2, CO and C. The evolution of the particle size distribution versus the milling time has been determined for the wet mechanical milling process of nanocrystalline Ni3Fe powders. The DSC analysis reveals a displacement of the exothermic peak onset towards lower temperatures and an increase of the surface of this peak attributed to the changes in the particles specific surface and to the quantity of benzene added in the milling experiments