Mechanical Synthesis and Fabrication of Nanostructured TiCo Alloy by Pulsed Current Activated Sintering
손인진 In Jin Shon , 송하영 Ha Young Song , 조성욱 Sung Wook Cho , 김원백 Won Baek Kim , 서창열 Chang Yul Suh
Abstract
Nanopowders of TiCo were synthesized from Ti and Co by high energy ball milling. Highly dense nanostructured TiCo compounds were consolidated at low temperature by pulsed current activated sintering within 3 minutes from the mechanical synthesis of the powders (TiCo) and horizontal milled Ti+Co powders under 100 Mpa pressure. This process allows very quick densification to near theoretical density and prohibits grain growth in nanostructured materials. The grain sizes of the TiCo compounds were calculated. Finally, the average hardness values of the nanostructured TiCo compounds were investigated.