Behavior of Cu-WC-Ti Metal Composite Afterusing Planetary Ball Milling

Copper based composites reinforced with WC and Ti particles were prepared using planetary ball-mill. The experiment was designed by using Taguchi technique and milling was carried out in an air for several hours. The powder was characterized before and after milling using the SEM, TEM and X-ray for microstructure and for possible new phases. Microstructures show that milled particles size and reduction in particle size depend on many parameters. The distance d between planes of atoms estimated from X-ray powder diffraction data and TEM image. X-ray diffraction patterns of the milled powder did not show clearly any new peak or energy shift, but the TEM images show a significant change in crystalline structure of corporate on titanium in the composites.

Authors:

• A.T.Z. Mahamat
• A.M. A Rani
• Patthi Husain

Keywords:

• ball milling
• microstructures
• titanium
• tungstencarbides
• X-ray

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