The Influence of Milling Time and Impact Force on the Mutual Diffusion of Al and Cu during Synthesis of Al-4.5wt%Cu Alloy via Mechanical Alloying

Abstract

The study of mechanical alloying (MA) process on the immiscible Al–Cu systems having positive heats of mixing has been investigated by the earlier researchers. However, a comprehensive understanding of the diffusion phenomenon during the mechanical alloying process is still far from complete. The effects of milling time and impact force, defined as the ball-to-powder weight ratio (BPR), on the elemental diffusion during mechanical alloying process of Al-4.5wt%Cu were evaluated in the current work. X-ray diffraction results showed that increasing the milling time and impact force led to increasing the dislocation as because of increasing the micro-strain, lattice parameter and decreasing the crystallite size. As a result of this, the diffusion rate was enhanced. The interpretation of data resulted have been discussed in details.