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Original Articles

Preparation and characterization of 316L spherical powder for different uses by supersonic laminar flow atomization

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Pages 25-31 | Received 13 Sep 2017, Accepted 20 Feb 2018, Published online: 22 Jun 2018
 

ABSTRACT

316L stainless steel spherical powder for 3D printing and metal injection molding was prepared by supersonic laminar flow atomization. Then the as-prepared samples were characterized by XRF, XRD, SEM, and an oxygen/nitrogen analyzer. Characterization results indicated that the prepared 316L spherical powder had the high sphericity, high tap density, low oxygen content, small particle size and narrow size distribution and were applicable to 3D printing and MIM.

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Funding

This work was financially supported by Program of Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province (No. 2015GZ0050) and Program of Outstanding Engineers Training Plan (No. 16Z0542).

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