Surface oxides on metal powders: An overview of the effect of alloy composition and manufacturing method
Paper in proceeding, 2016

The quality and usefulness of powder are strongly determined by the surface composition of the powder. Amount of oxides, their composition and spatial distribution on the powder surface and within a particle determine the requirements for the subsequent consolidation process. This paper summarizes possibilities of qualitative and quantitative analysis of powder surface chemistry by a variety of methods, starting from surface-sensitive chemical analyses by XPS, AES, HR SEM coupled with EDX and FIB, and modern thermoanalytical techniques. Effect of the different powder manufacturing methods (water and gas atomisation, EIGA, etc.), alloy composition (low alloyed steels, stainless steels, Ni-based super-alloys, Ti-alloys, etc.) and powder handling on the surface composition of the powder is summarized. A generic model of the oxide distribution depending on the alloy composition and manufacturing method is developed. Typically powder particles are covered by homogeneous oxide layer of the main alloying elements and particulate features, formed by stable high-temperature oxides.

Powder characterization

Particulate oxide features

Oxide reduction

Surface oxide

Author

Eduard Hryha

Chalmers, Materials and Manufacturing Technology, Surface and Microstructure Engineering

Lars Nyborg

Chalmers, Materials and Manufacturing Technology

World Powder Metallurgy 2016 Congress and Exhibition, World PM 2016; Hamburg; Germany; 9 October 2016 through 13 October 2016


978-189907248-4 (ISBN)

Subject Categories

Materials Engineering

ISBN

978-189907248-4

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12/22/2017