Nanostructured(NS) W-Cu composite powders of about 20~30 nm grain size were synthesized by mechanical alloying. The properties of NS W-Cu powder and its sintering behavior were investigated. It was shown from X-ray diffraction and TEM analysis that the supersaturated solid solution of Cu in W was not formed by the mechanical alloying of mixed elemental powders, but the mixture of W and Cu particles with nanosize grains, i.e., the nanocomposite powder was attained. Nanocomposite W-20wt%Cu and W-30wt%Cu powders milled for 100 h were sintered to the relative density more than 96% and 98%, respectively, by sintering at 110 for 1 h in . Such a high sinterability was attributed to the high homogeneous mixing and ultra-fine structure of W and Cu phases as well as activated sintering effect by impurity metal introduced during milling.

It was investigated whether mechanical alloying (MA) processing could be more effective to the formation of metallic composite powder in Cu-C system. Elemental powder mixtures of Cu-70vo1.%C were mechanically alloyed with an attritor in an argon atmosphere and microstructural evolution was examined by X-ray diffraction analysis, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. It has been found that even with the high volume fraction of immiscible graphite in Cu-C system, the refinement with a few ten nanometer size as well as the highly uniform distribution of copper phases have been achieved by the MA processing.

The exhaust gas from vehicle engines and industrial boilers contains considerable amount of harmful nitrogen monoxide(NO) which causes air pollusion and acid rain. To remove NO catalytic reduction processes using Cu ion exchanged ZSM-5 zeolite have been widely studied. In this study, an attempt was made to fabricate Cu/zeolite catalyst by using high energy ball mill. The catalytic performance of ball milled Cu/ZSM-5 zeolites is analyzed and optimum copper contents was determined. The processing variables were reaction temperature and copper contents. Complete removal of NO gas was obtained at the temperature of 553 K on 10wt.% CU/ZSM-5 mechanically alloyed composite powders. Mechanically alloyed CU/ZSM-5 catalyst showed homogeneous distribution of Cu in ZSM-5.

질소가스 분위기 중에서 Cu30V70 및 Fe30Cr70 혼합분말을 기계적 합금화 (MA)처리한 결과, 두 합금계에서 비정질화가 관찰되었다. 결정질에서 비정질상으로의 구조변화 과정을 Xtjs 회절 및 중성자 회절법에 의해 관찰되었다. 결정질에서 비정질상으로의 구조변화 과정을 X선 회절 및 중성자 회절법에 의해 관찰하였다. 그 결과, 이 합금계에서의 비정질화는 각 결정구조에서 전형적으로 존재하는 8면체 unit가 선택적으로 붕괴되어 4면체 unit로 변화되어 가는 과정임을 알 수 있었다. 또한, 중성자회절 결과로부터 질소원자는 금속원자로 이루어진 4면체의 중심에 위치하고 있음을 알 수 있었다.

To investigate the phase transformation behaviors of mechanically alloyed Nb-25 at%Al powders, the mixed Nb-25 at%Al powders were mechanically alloyed in SPEX 8000 Mixer/Mill. Mechanical alloying(MA) time was varied between 0.5 hour and 72 hours. The phase formation behaviors of these mechanically alloyed powders were examined using X-ray diffraction(XRD), scanning electron microscopy(SEM), transmission electron microscopy(TEM), and differential thermal analysis(DTA). Appreciable amorphization started from 6 hours of MA. The powders mechanically alloyed for 10 hours were in almost amorphous phase. DTA results showed that the powders mechanically alloyed for 12 hours had a strong exothermic peak about, whereas the powders mechanically alloyed for 6 hours had two exothermic peaks. The first peak was found to be due to the stress relief effect and the second one due to the formation ofphases by crystallization.

Nanostructured Cu-Pb powders were synthesized by mechanical alloying process. The variation of powder characteristics with mechanical alloying time was investigated by x-ray diffraction, differential scanning calorimetry, SEM and TEM. An electrical resistivity of the hot pressed specimens was also measured by using the nanovoltmeter. It was shown that mechanical alloying for 12 hours leads to a homogenization and a grain refinement to the nanometer scale under 20 nm. The mechanically alloyed Cu-Pb alloys represented the enhanced solid solubility of 10wt% Pb in the Cu matrix. The monotectic temperature of nanostructured Cu-Pb alloy decreased from equilibrium state of 955 to 855 due to reduced grain size effect. The analysis of electrical resistivity showed that the hot pressed MA Cu-5wt% Pb compact existed as a solid solution.