Abstract

Compression behavior of nanoparticle powder is still unclear, while it could largely affect its applications in additive manufacturing. Considering the fractal structure of aggregates in nanoparticle powder, from the van der Waal's state equation, the relation between porosity and compression pressure of nanoparticle powder was modeled theoretically, i.e. (P + c)(φ-a)=(1-a)c, here P is pressure, φ is porosity, a and c are parameters defined in main text. The model could capture the compression behavior of nanoparticle powders well. Under the same compression pressure, smaller nanoparticles will lead to larger porosity and thus lower thermal conductivity of nanoparticle packed beds, due to the easier aggregate of smaller nanoparticles. The compression behavior and the thermal conductivity of nanoparticle powders or packed beds are expected to supply information for powder spreading and sintering treatment respectively in additive manufacturing.

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