• Proceedings of the Korean Powder Metallurgy Institute Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.10-10
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• 2000

Mechanical alloying (MA) is a powder metallurgy processing technique involving cold welding, fracturing, and rewelding of powder particles in a high-energy ball mill. This has now become an established commercial technique in producing oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) nickel- and iron-based materials. The technique of MA is also capable of synthesizing non-equilibrium phases such as supersaturated solid solutions, metastable crystalline and quasicrystalline intermetallic phases, nanostructures, and amorphous alloys. In this respect, the capabilities of MA are similar to those of another important non-equilibrium processing technique, viz, rapid quenching of metallic melts. however, the science of MA is being investigated only during the past ten years or so. The technique of mechanochemistry, on the other hand, has had a long history and the materials produced this way have found a number of technological applications, e.g., in areas such as hydrogen storage materials, heaters, gas absorber, fertilizers. catalysts, cosmetics, and waste management. The present talk will concentrate on the basic mechanisms of formation of non-equilibrium phases by the technique of MA and these aspects will be compared with those of rapid quenching of metallic melts. Additionally, the variety of technological applications of mechanically alloyed products will be highlighted.

• Journal of Powder Materials
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.231-237
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• 1999

In this study, the characteristics of gas atomized Mg-3wt%Al-1wt%Zn-1wt%MM alloy powders under vacuum condition were investigated. In spite of the low fluidity and easy oxidation of the molten magnesium, the spherical powders could be successfully produced by using a modified three pieces nozzle attached to the gas atomization unit. It was found that most of the solidified powders less than 50$\mu$m in diameter were single crystal and the solidified structure showed a typical dendritic morphology due to supercooling prior to nucleation. The secondary dendrite arm spacing decreased as the size of powders decreased. The Mg-Al-Ce intermetallic compounds with chemically stable phase were found in the interdendritic regions of $\alpha$-Mg. It is considered that formation of the chemically stable phase may possibly affect to improve the corrosion resistance. Therefore, it is expected that the materials formed of these Mg-Al-Zn-MM alloy powders shows better mechanical properties and corrosion resistance due to the structural refinement.

• Journal of Powder Materials
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.129-132
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• 1998

The elevated temperature compressive tests were carried out in order to investigate the deformation behavior and microstructural characteristics of Al-8%Ti, Al-12%Ti and Al-16%Ti (wt%) alloys, which were mechanically alloyed and consolidated by vacuum hot pressing, A13Ti intermetallic phases were formed with sizes of few hundred nanometers in the mechanically alloyed Al-Ti alloys. The compressive strength of mechanically alloyed AA-Ti alloys increased with decroasing the temperature and with increasing the strain rate. The strain rate sensitivities of Al-8%Ti, Al-12%Ti and Al-16%Ti alloys were measured 0.02,0.03, and 0.14, respectively, at 35$0^{\circ}C$.

• Journal of Powder Materials
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.279-284
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• 2008

Dense nanostructured $NbSi_2$ was synthesized by high-frequency induction-heated combustion synthesis (HFIHCS) method within 1 minute in one step from mechanically activated Nb and Si powders. Highly dense $NbSi_2$ with relative density of up to 99% was simultaneously synthesized and consolidated under the combined effects of an induced current and mechanical pressure of 60 MPa. The average grain size and mechanical properties (hardness and fracture toughness) of the compound were investigated.

• Journal of Powder Materials
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• v.9 no.6
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• pp.416-421
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• 2002

Elemental powders are used in high energy milling processes for the synthesis of new compounds. The low temperature solid state reactions during milling in inert gas atmosphere may result in intermetallic phases, carbides, nitrides or silicides with a nanocrystalline structure. To obtain dense materials from the powders a pressure assisted densification is necessary. On the other side the defect-rich microstructure can be used for activated sintering of elemental powder mixtures to obtain dense bodies by pressureless sintering. Results are discussed for nanocrystalline cermet systems and for the sintering of aluminides and silicides.

• Journal of Korea Foundry Society
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.343-349
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• 2001

The effect of cooling rate on the solidification microstructure and segregation behavior of 7075 and 7050 aluminum alloy was investigated. Samples were solidified with cooling rates from 0.3 to $17^{\circ}K/sec$. Using the cooling curves of each sample, liquidus, eutectic and intermetallic reaction temperatures were estimated. The microstructures were characterized in terms of dendrite arm spacing and eutectic volume fraction. The segregation behavior of each alloying element of these alloys in various cooling rates was discussed.

• Journal of Korea Foundry Society
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.328-335
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• 2001

The objective of this study is to investigate on manufacturing Al-scrap into hypereutectic Al-Si alloy by using electromagnetic force. The Fe element in the aluminium scrap was controlled by intermetallic compound method and using EMF(electromagnetic force). The most lumped compound was found after 10min holding at $690^{\circ}C$. A number of segregated compound was revealed when imposed to EMF at 30A. The refinement of primary Si particles was achieved by EMF stirring. Primary Si particles were refined and spheroidized most of all with the magnetic intensity of 180G for 10 min.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2001.07a
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• pp.1026-1029
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• 2001

Zinc films have been deposited onto various buffer layers, Al, Al-Cu, Ag and Ag-Al, by vacuum evaporation method in order to investigate the film microstructure and its consequence on the film growth. Zn films were grown onto Al buffer layers with faster rates than on Ag buffer layers, because of the presence of preferred growth orientation. Especially, in the Zn film formation on the Ag layers, intermetallic compounds AgZn was formed to cause the different growth orientation from Zn film obtained on the Al layers.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.267-271
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• 2004

The joint strength and fracture surface of Sn-Pb solder bump in photo diode packages after isothermal aging testing were studied experimentally. Cu/Sn-Pb solders were adopted, and aged for up to 900 hours at 12$0^{\circ}C$ and 17$0^{\circ}C$ to analyze the effect of intermetallic compound(IMC). In 900-hour aging experiments, the maximum shea strength of Sn-Pb solder decreased by 20％ and 9％. The diffraction patterns of Cu$_{6}$Sn$_{5}$, scallop-shape IMC, and planar-shape Cu$_3$Sn were observed by Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM).EM).

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 1992.05a
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• pp.14-14
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• 1992

During the past five years a very successful effort has been made to improve existing and develop new aluminium alloys. The progress achieved has been possible because of the development of new production methods, such as powder metallurgy and spray/deposition. These methods make use of rapid solidification process which alloys compositions other than those achieved by conventional ingot metallurgy. The ingot metallurgy of the 2000 and 7000 series used thus far, as well as the age hardening Al-Li alloys, show several disadvantages caused by the production process. Such problems are primarily coarse intermetallic constituent phases, coarse grains and macrosegregation, resulting in low fracture toughness. The present contribution reports results of an experimental investigation performed on a modern high strength spay deposited aluminium alloy of the Al-Zn-Mg-Cu (7075 and the modified 7150X) type. Results are given in terms of its microstructural characterization by using X-ray diffractomertry and transmission electron microscopic. The mechanical propierties of those alloys in the as-extruded and extruded+aged condition were evaluated by using microhardness Vickers, tensile test and fracture toughness measurements.