An investigation on flowability and compressibility of AA 6061100−x-x wt.% TiO2 micro and nanocomposite powder prepared by blending and mechanical alloying

This work investigates the relationships between the components of powders, namely, the powder surface morphology, the flow characteristics and the compressibility of low-energy (microcomposite) and high-energy (nanocomposite) ball milled powders of Al 6061 alloy reinforced with TiO2 particles. The morphology of the above powder as the function of reinforcement and the milling time was studied by using the scanning electron microscope (SEM). The...