MATERIALS SCIENCE: EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES.

Selected topics in Materials Science
J.L. Sanchez LLamazares*. Downloaded Presentations.

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MATERIALS SCIENCE: EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES.

Course : UAB, Spain, February of 2006.

1. Preparation of Metallic alloys .

     1.1 Preparation of alloys by melting. Induction melting.

     1.2 Arc melting.

     1.3 Rapid solidification.

     1.4 Mechanical milling and alloying.

     1.5 Sintering.

2. MICROSTRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES.

     2.1 Optical microscopy and metallography.

3. TECHNIQUES FOR CHARACTERIZING MAGNETIC MATERIALS

     3.1 Basic concepts, definitions and units.

     3.2 Vibrating sample magnetometry.

in-situ observation of arc melting process - arc melting furnace

A rc melting process - in-situ observation

melt spinner - production of ribbons by melt spinning
Rapid quenching by melt spinning - in situ obs.

mecanically milled powders produced using a high energy ball mill/shaker model SPEX 8000
micro and nanostructure of mechanically milled

PrCo₅ powders - SPEX 8000 mill/shaker

typical stainless steel vial used for ball milling of powders glove box - manipulation of powders under controlled atmosphere die employed for powder compactation - cut view microstructure of a sintered ceramic taken using an optical microscope
powder metallurgy of alloys & ceramics: coarse fine milling - handling - pressing & compactation - sintering - machining

*Current address: Department of Physics, University of Oviedo, Calvo Sotelo s/n, Oviedo 33007, Spain.
E-mail: sanchez@nanomagnetics.org; Phone: +34-985-103296; Fax: +34-985-103324.