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Mechanical alloying through high-energy ball milling was used in the production of Ni–Fe alloy powders from elemental Ni and Fe powders of average particle size 80 and 25 μm, respectively. High-energy planetary ball milling at room temperature was performed for various time durations ranging between 2 and 100 h. SPS apparatus was used for sintering of powder particles. Density of all specimens was reported and a maximum densification of 99 % was achieved in 50 wt.% Ni–Fe milled for 16 h prior to spark plasma sintering at 1,223 K.
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Ashokkumar, T., Rajadurai, A., Gouthama et al. A study of densification and on factors affecting the density of Ni x –Fe100 − x nanopowders prepared by mechanical alloying and sintered by spark plasma. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 65, 1201–1213 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-012-4247-4
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