Synthesis of Ultrafine Zr Based Alloy Powder by Plasma Arc Discharge Process

  • Lee, Gil-Geun (Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Park, Je-Shin (Minerals and Materials Processing Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources) ;
  • Kim, Won-Baek (Minerals and Materials Processing Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
  • Published : 2006.09.24

Abstract

In the present study, ultrafined Zr-V-Fe based alloy powder prepared by a plasma arc discharge process with changing process parameters. The chemical composition of synthesized powder was strongly influenced by the process parameters, especially the hydrogen volume fraction in the powder synthesis atmosphere. The synthesized powder had an average particle size of 50 nm. The synthesized Zr-V-Fe based particles had a shell-core structure composed of metal in the core and oxidse in the shell.

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