Sintering Characteristics And Characterisation Of Al-Mn-Ce Nanostructured Material Prepared By Mechanical Alloying

Abstract

Nanomaterials are experiencing a rapid development in recent years due to their existing and/or potential applications in a wide variety of technological areas such as electronics, catalysis, ceramics, magnetic data storage, structural components etc. To meet the technological demands in these areas, the size of the materials should be reduced to the nanometer scale. As the size reduces into the nanometer range, the materials exhibit peculiar and interesting mechanical and physical properties, e.g. increased mechanical strength, enhanced diffusivity, higher specific heat and electrical resistivity compared to conventional coarse grained counterparts. There are various routesof synthesis of nanocomposites which have been discussed at length later in this paper and out of all of these we have opted for mechanical alloying as the route for synthesizing Al-Mn-Ce nanocomposite.