A self-developed double-nozzle gas atomization technique was used to produce AlSi10Mg powder.Effects of delivery tube diameter,gas pressure,and melt superheat on powder characteristics were investigated.The concepts o...A self-developed double-nozzle gas atomization technique was used to produce AlSi10Mg powder.Effects of delivery tube diameter,gas pressure,and melt superheat on powder characteristics were investigated.The concepts of bluntness and outgrowth were introduced to analyze powder sphericity and satellite index quantitatively.The results showed that the median diameters of all atomized powders ranged from 25 to 33μm.The highest yield rate(72.13%)of fine powder(<50μm)was obtained at a superheat of 350 K.The powder size decreased with increasing melt superheat but increased with increasing delivery tube diameter.Powders with bluntness values between 96%and 98%accounted for over 60%.The outgrowth values demonstrated that 70%-85%of all powders did not contain satellite particles,with few powders adhered two or three particles.Not only Al and Si phases were present but also a metastable Al9Si phase was detected.展开更多
基金Project(51627805) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(2015A030312003) supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province,China+1 种基金Projects(2014B010129003,2015B020238008,2016B090931006,2017B090901025) supported by the Science and Technology Research Department of Guangdong Province,ChinaProject(201604016049) supported by the Science and Technology Bureau of Guangzhou City,China
文摘A self-developed double-nozzle gas atomization technique was used to produce AlSi10Mg powder.Effects of delivery tube diameter,gas pressure,and melt superheat on powder characteristics were investigated.The concepts of bluntness and outgrowth were introduced to analyze powder sphericity and satellite index quantitatively.The results showed that the median diameters of all atomized powders ranged from 25 to 33μm.The highest yield rate(72.13%)of fine powder(<50μm)was obtained at a superheat of 350 K.The powder size decreased with increasing melt superheat but increased with increasing delivery tube diameter.Powders with bluntness values between 96%and 98%accounted for over 60%.The outgrowth values demonstrated that 70%-85%of all powders did not contain satellite particles,with few powders adhered two or three particles.Not only Al and Si phases were present but also a metastable Al9Si phase was detected.
