Aluminum-Alumina Composites: Part I: Obtaining and Characterization of Powders
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Aluminum Powder
2.2. Aluminum-Alumina Powder Composites
- Oxidation of aluminum powder by water at pressure 0.15–1.80 MPa;
- Powder drying at 120 °C and calcination of the aluminum-alumina composite in a furnace at 600 °C.
2.2.1. Oxidation of Aluminum Powder by Water (Stage 1)
2.2.2. Drying and Calcination (Stage 2)
2.2.3. Characterization
3. Results
3.1. Aluminum Powder Characterization
3.2. Oxidation of Aluminum Powder
3.3. Effect of the Oxidation Mode on the Particles’ Properties
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Mode | Parameters of Stage 1 | ||||
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Maximal Temperature, °C | Pressure, MPa | Volume of the Released H2, Liters | Alumina Content, wt. % | Mean Alumina Layer Thickness *, µm | |
A | 120 | 0.15 | 65 | 10.0 | 1.45 |
B | 180 | 1.35 | 190 | 14.5 | 2.14 |
C | 190 | 1.50 | 260 | 17.4 | 2.60 |
D | 200 | 1.80 | 300 | 20.0 | 3.00 |
Element, wt. % | |
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Al | 99.20 |
Ga | 0.09 |
Zn | 0.08 |
Ce | 0.08 |
La | 0.07 |
Fe | 0.07 |
V | 0.03 |
Mg | 0.02 |
B | 0.01 |
Cr, Ti, Co, Y, Cu, and volatiles | 0.35 |
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Gromov, A.A.; Nalivaiko, A.Y.; Ambaryan, G.N.; Vlaskin, M.S.; Buryakovskaya, O.A.; Kislenko, S.A.; Zhuk, A.Z.; Shkolnikov, E.I.; Slyusarskiy, K.V.; Osipenkova, A.A.; et al. Aluminum-Alumina Composites: Part I: Obtaining and Characterization of Powders. Materials 2019, 12, 3180. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12193180
Gromov AA, Nalivaiko AY, Ambaryan GN, Vlaskin MS, Buryakovskaya OA, Kislenko SA, Zhuk AZ, Shkolnikov EI, Slyusarskiy KV, Osipenkova AA, et al. Aluminum-Alumina Composites: Part I: Obtaining and Characterization of Powders. Materials. 2019; 12(19):3180. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12193180
Chicago/Turabian StyleGromov, Alexander A., Anton Yu. Nalivaiko, Grayr N. Ambaryan, Mikhail S. Vlaskin, Olesya A. Buryakovskaya, Sergey A. Kislenko, Andrey Z. Zhuk, Evgeniy I. Shkolnikov, Konstantin V. Slyusarskiy, Alexandra A. Osipenkova, and et al. 2019. "Aluminum-Alumina Composites: Part I: Obtaining and Characterization of Powders" Materials 12, no. 19: 3180. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12193180