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Dynamic consolidation of metastable nanocrystalline powders

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Nanocrystalline metal powders synthesized by mechanical alloying in a ball mill resulted in micron-sized powder particles with a nanosized (5 to 25 nm) substructure. Conventional consolidation methods resulted in considerable coarsening of the metastable nanometer crystallites, but dynamic consolidation of these powders using explosive techniques produced fully dense monoliths while retaining the 5- to 25-nm substructure. Numerical modeling, used to guide the experimental phase, revealed that the compression wave necessary for suitable consolidation was of the order of 10 GPa for a few tenths of a microsecond. The consolidation process is described, and the retention of the metastable nanostructure is illustrated.

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  1. Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Lockhead Idaho Technologies Co., 83415-2218, Idaho Falls, ID

    G. E. Korth (Principal Scientist, Metals and Ceramics) & R. L. Williamson (Senior Engineering Specialist)

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This article is based on a presentation made in the symposium “Dynamic Behavior of Materials,” presented at the 1994 Fall Meeting of TMS/ASM in Rosemont, Illinois, October 3-5, 1994, under the auspices of the TMS-SMD Mechanical Metallurgy Committee and the ASM-MSD Flow and Fracture Committee.

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Korth, G.E., Williamson, R.L. Dynamic consolidation of metastable nanocrystalline powders. Metall Mater Trans A 26, 2571–2578 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02669415

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