Machio, Christopher NChikwanda, HKChikosha, S2011-12-142011-12-142011-03Machio, C.N., Chikwanda, H.K. and Chikosha, S. 2011. Effect of process control agent (PCA) on the characteristics of mechanically alloyed Ti-Mg powders. Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Vol 111(2011), pp 149-1530038-223Xhttp://www.saimm.co.za/Journal/v111n03p149.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/5412Copyright: 2011 Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. This paper was first presented at the, Light Metals Conference, 27–29 October 2010, Misty Hills, Muldersdrift.This paper reports the results of a study to determine the effect of process control agent (PCA) on the characteristics of Ti-Mg powders during milling. It has been shown that a 2% increase in PCA content leads to up to a 40% increase in yield of the milled powder but reduces the kinetics of the mechanical alloying process. The introduction of 4% PCA decreases the mean powder particle size by up to 30%, whereas 6% PCA increases the mean particle size by up to 230%. The characteristics of the milled powders will be discussed in relation to the role of PCA in the milling process.enTitaniumMagnesiumMechanical alloyingMiningMetallurgyTi-Mg powdersArticleMachio, C. N., Chikwanda, H., & Chikosha, S. (2011). Effect of process control agent (PCA) on the characteristics of mechanically alloyed Ti-Mg powders [Journal article]. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5412Machio, Christopher N, HK Chikwanda, and S Chikosha "Effect of process control agent (PCA) on the characteristics of mechanically alloyed Ti-Mg powders [Journal article]." (2011) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5412Machio CN, Chikwanda H, Chikosha S. Effect of process control agent (PCA) on the characteristics of mechanically alloyed Ti-Mg powders [Journal article]. 2011; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5412.TY - Article AU - Machio, Christopher N AU - Chikwanda, HK AU - Chikosha, S AB - This paper reports the results of a study to determine the effect of process control agent (PCA) on the characteristics of Ti-Mg powders during milling. It has been shown that a 2% increase in PCA content leads to up to a 40% increase in yield of the milled powder but reduces the kinetics of the mechanical alloying process. The introduction of 4% PCA decreases the mean powder particle size by up to 30%, whereas 6% PCA increases the mean particle size by up to 230%. The characteristics of the milled powders will be discussed in relation to the role of PCA in the milling process. DA - 2011-03 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Titanium KW - Magnesium KW - Mechanical alloying KW - Mining KW - Metallurgy KW - Ti-Mg powders LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2011 SM - 0038-223X T1 - Effect of process control agent (PCA) on the characteristics of mechanically alloyed Ti-Mg powders [Journal article] TI - Effect of process control agent (PCA) on the characteristics of mechanically alloyed Ti-Mg powders [Journal article] UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5412 ER -