caa a22 4500 463233093 CHVBK 20180405153248.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10853-006-0699-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10853-006-0699-y Effect of mechanical alloying time and carbon nanotube (CNT) content on the evolution of aluminum (Al)-CNT composite powders [Elektronische Daten] [K. Morsi, A. Esawi] One of the major obstacles to the effective use of carbon nanotubes as reinforcements in metal matrix composites is their agglomeration and poor distribution/dispersion within the metallic matrix. In the present work, we use mechanical alloying (MA) to mechanically mix CNT (2 and 5wt.%) with Al powders. These powders would be used as precursors for subsequent consolidation to generate bulk CNT-Al composites. Hence controlling the initial powder characteristics prior to high temperature consolidation is important. Up to 48h of milling was employed to investigate the effect of milling time on the particle size, morphology and CNT dispersions. The results show that particle size and morphology vary with milling time and CNT content. Also the addition of process control agents such as methanol can aid in controlling the powder characteristics. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2007 Morsi K. Department of Mechanical Engineering, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, 92182, San Diego, CA, USA aut Esawi A. Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Science and Technology Research Center (STRC), The American University in Cairo (AUC), Cairo, Egypt aut Journal of Materials Science Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 42/13(2007-07-01), 4954-4959 0022-2461 42:13<4954 2007 42 10853 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-006-0699-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-006-0699-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Morsi K. Department of Mechanical Engineering, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, 92182, San Diego, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Esawi A. Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Science and Technology Research Center (STRC), The American University in Cairo (AUC), Cairo, Egypt aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Materials Science Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 42/13(2007-07-01), 4954-4959 0022-2461 42:13<4954 2007 42 10853 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer