Low-temperature synthesis of aluminum borate nanowhiskers on the surface of aluminum powder promoted by ball-milling pretreatment

Powder Technology

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 310-315

  Yu, Zhenyang ^a   Zhao, Naiqin ^a   Liu, Enzuo ^a   Shi, Chunsheng ^a   Du, Xiwen ^a   Wang, Jian ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aluminum borate; Ball milling; Nanowhisker; Solution Liquid Solid mechanism

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM BORATE; ALUMINUM MATRIX; ALUMINUM POWDERS; COMPOSITE POWDERS; GROWTH MECHANISMS; HIGH ENERGY; IN-SITU GROWTH; LOW TEMPERATURE SYNTHESIS; LOW TEMPERATURES; PRE-TREATMENT; REACTION TEMPERATURE; SOLUTION-LIQUID-SOLID MECHANISM;

ALUMINUM; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; LIQUIDS; MILLING (MACHINING); NANOWHISKERS; SOLID SOLUTIONS; SPHERES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BALL MILLING;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM BORATE; BORIC ACID; NANOMATERIAL; NANOWHISKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BALL MILLING; CRYSTAL; GRINDING; LOW TEMPERATURE; NANOFABRICATION; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDER; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 79960621737     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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