Effect of Milling Temperature on Formation of Al-Cr-Zr Metal Powder
Al-Cr-Zr metal powders were prepared by cryo-milling(-75),ambi-milling(25) and warm-milling(200) to investige the effect of milling temperature. The morphogical changes and microstructural evolution of Al-6wt.%Cr-3wt.%Zr metal powder ball milling were investigated by SEM, OM and XRD. The cryo-milling at -75 caused the more refinement of powder particle size than ambi-milling and warm-milling. The partic morpholgy of Al-Cr-Zr metal powders changed changes into spheroidal particles at 25and spherical particles at 200The spherical particles were formed by agglomertion and contiuous wrapping of the spheroidal particles. The calculated Al crystallite size in Al-Cr-Zr metal powders by the Scherer equation were refined rapidly for short milling time -75compared with milling at 25 and 200.