• Resources Recycling
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• v.26 no.6
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• pp.3-9
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• 2017

In this study, plasma arc remelting behaviors according to arc current, arc voltage, and types of plasma gas were investigated using Kroll processed Ti sponges as anode. In the discharge pressure range of vacuum pump ($200{\sim}300kgf/cm^2$), the arc voltage did not vary greatly with the increase of discharge pressure at a given arc length. This means that the pressure in the vacuum chamber during operation hardly changes and the atmospheric pressure maintains. Under various conditions of arc currents (700~900A), the arc voltage slightly increased with arc current. The effects of anode materials and operational variables on the arc length-arc voltage relationship were compared with the results in previous studies. When the atmospheric gas changed from argon to helium, double effect of improvement on the output of the steady state was observed. The increase of output in the plasma arc device was accompanied by an increase in the melting rate of the Ti sponge and the quality of the ingot surface was also improved. The plasma arc remelting of the new scrap titanium and the old scrap zirconium alloy could result in the fabrication of an ingot with high surface quality.

• Composites Research
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.101-107
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• 2023

In this study, aluminum nitride (AlN) reinforced aluminum (Al) matrix composites are fabricated via plasma arc melting under a nitrogen atmosphere. Within a minute of the chemical reaction between Al and N, dispersed AlN with the shape of transient and lamellar layers is in situ formed in the Al matrix. The composite contains 10 vol.% AlN reinforcements with low thermal resistance and strong bonding at the interfaces, which leads to the unique combination of thermal expansivity and conductivity in the resulting composites. The coefficient of thermal expansion of the composite can be further reduced when Si was alloyed into the Al matrix, which proposes the potential of the in situ Al matrix composites for thermal management applications.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.45-51
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• 1998

Ti-45at%AI-1.6at%Mn 조성을 갖는 금속간화합물의 장시간 및 반복산화 거동을조사하기 위하여 반응소결법 및 플라즈마 아크 용해법으로 제조한 시편에 대하여 80$0^{\circ}C$에서는 반응소결재와 용제재 모두 등온 및 반복산화에 대하여 우수한 저항성을 나타내었다. 90$0^{\circ}C$에서는 반응소결재의 경우에는 등온 및 반복산화에 대하여 우수한 저항성을 보였으며, 중량변화와 산화피막의 박리는 극히 적었다. 이에 비해 용제재의 경우에는 등온 및 반복산화에 의해 중향이 크게 변하였으며 피막의 박리도 극심하였다. 90$0^{\circ}C$에 있어서 두 재료간의 이러한 산화거동 차이는 기지/산화물 계면 부근에 형성된 산화층의 차이에 기인하는 것으로 간주하였다. 반응소결재의 경우에는 계면 부근에 연속적인 AO$_{3}$O$_{3}$층이 형성되며, 이러한 층이 산화에 대한 보호막으로 작용하는데 비하여 용제재에 있어서는 계면 부근에 AO$_{3}$O$_{3}$와 TiO$_{2}$의 혼합층이 형성되었다. 용제재의 반복산화시에 보여진 피막의 박리는 냉각시에 TiO$_{2}$와 기지간의 열팽창계수 차이에 기인하여 발생하는 열응력을 TiO$_{2}$가 견디지 못하고 박리를 초래한 것으로 해석하였다.