- Developing a mechanically alloyed precursor material for superconducting wires. The work included producing the original precursor, scaling up production of this material to pilot-scale (kilogram) quantities and transitioning the process to one of the
industrial sponsors.
- Producing experimental oxide-dispersion-strengthened nickel-base alloys for elevated temperature applications. Powders were produced in the 1-STDG attritor, hot isostatically pressed into 2-kg billets and then hot rolled into flats for evaluation.
- Producing up to kilogram quantities of specialty mechanically alloyed powders for a variety of ferrous powder metallurgy, electrical and magnetic applications.
- Cryogenic processing of metallic powder blends. Blends of reactive metal powders were mechanically alloyed in the 01-HD attritor under cryogenic conditions to produce powders exhibiting properties not attainable with ambient temperature processing.
- Production of reactively-milled intermetallic powders for hard facing applications. Pre-alloyed starting powders were processed in the 480 mm dia. ball mill to produce in-situ-dispersoid-strengthened materials exhibiting substantially higher hardness
than the unmilled powders.
- Milling and mechanical alloying of both pre-melted and blended elemental refractory metal powders in the 01-HD attritor. Milling was done under argon to minimize interstitial pick-up during processing.
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