Aluminium granules
Aluminium granulesare fine sphericalaggregatesofaluminium.[1][2][3][4]
Manufacture
[edit]Aluminium granules are manufactured by the melting of primary or secondary aluminium and blown in air or vacuum, or arecastin sand and thensievedoff. Other methods include casting of molten aluminium in water.
Granules versus powders
[edit]Aluminium granules have been found safer and economical compared toatomizedaluminium powder.Aluminium granules have lower explosion risk in production and in use of the product itself.
Advantages
[edit]Thedensityof aluminium granules ranges from 1.0 to 1.8 g/cm3and is much higher compared to aluminium powder.
See also
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References
[edit]- ^Davies, Joseph R., ed. (1993),"Powder Metallurgy Processing",Aluminium and aluminium alloys,ASM Speciality Handbook Series (5th ed.), ASM International, pp. 275–284,ISBN978-0-87170-496-2.
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- ^Neikov, Oleg D.; (et al.) (2004).Handbook of Non-Ferrous Metal Powders: Technologies and Applications.Elsevier. pp. 271-272.ISBN0080559409