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Synthesis and characterisation of Si3N4p/Cu nanocomposite powders by high energy ball milling

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Pages 86-90 | Published online: 19 Jul 2013
 

Abstract

The present work reported the preparation of Cu–25 wt-%Si3N4 nanocomposite powders via high energy ball milling (HEBM). The phases and morphologies of as-milled powders with various milling times were investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The experimental results showed that with increasing the milling time, the irregularly shaped Cu powder became flattened, and, subsequently, refined and near spherical. After 12 h milling, the particle size of Cu–Si3N4 composite powders was in the range of 200–300 nm, while the grain size of Si3N4 particulates, 10–25 nm, was well within a nanometre scale. A uniform distribution of the nanosized Si3N4 reinforcing phase throughout the Cu matrix was successfully obtained. A reasonable mechanism for the formation of Cu–Si3N4 nanocomposite powders during HEBM was also proposed.

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