Synthesis and characterization of Al-Nanodiamond composite powders by high-energy ball milling
| dc.contributor.advisor | Osswald, Sebastian | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Brewer, Luke | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sneed, Brian D. | |
| dc.contributor.department | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) | |
| dc.date | December 2011 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-08-22T15:33:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-08-22T15:33:17Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-12 | |
| dc.description.abstract | High-energy ball milling was studied for the ex situ strengthening of aluminum (Al) with nanodiamond (ND). Al-ND metal matrix composite powders with 5 wt% and 10 wt% nanodiamond were synthesized by high-energy ball milling of the blended component powders. Stearic acid was used as a process control agent to minimize agglomeration of the powders upon milling. A uniform distribution of the ND reinforcement was successfully obtained after milling the powders for a period of ten hours with a ball-to-powder ratio of 30:1 in a SPEX 8000M ball mill. Composition and properties of the Al-ND composite was studied using energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS) mapping, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), optical microscopy, and nanoindentation techniques. | en_US |
| dc.description.service | US Navy (USN) author | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | http://archive.org/details/synthesisndchara1094510698 | |
| dc.format.extent | xviii, 53 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10945/10698 | |
| dc.publisher | Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
| dc.rights | This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States. | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | aluminum | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | ball milling | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | high-energy | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | nanocarbon | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | nanocomposite | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | nanodiamond | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | nanoindentation,; | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Power resources. | en_US |
| dc.title | Synthesis and characterization of Al-Nanodiamond composite powders by high-energy ball milling | en_US |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| etd.thesisdegree.discipline | Mechanical Engineering | en_US |
| etd.thesisdegree.grantor | Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.) | en_US |
| etd.thesisdegree.level | Masters | en_US |
| etd.thesisdegree.name | M.S. in Mechanical Engineering | en_US |
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