Journal
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
Volume 475, Issue 1-2, Pages 581-586Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2008.07.081
Keywords
X-ray diffraction; Nanostructured materials; Scanning electron microscopy
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Nanocrystalline copper with mean crystal lite size of 18 nm was synthesized by using high-energy mechanical milling. The structural and morphological changes during mechanical milling especially, the formation of CuO and Cu2O phases were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy in transmittance mode (FTIR). Mechanical milling of Cu results in a continuous decrease in the Cu means crystallite size and an increase in microstrain. Moreover, milling of Cu, in air synthetic, results in partial oxidation to Cu2O and CuO. Prolonged milling supports the formation of CuO oxide. SEM results show that flattened Cu flakes were laid and welded on each other and tend to form a matrix of randomly welded thin layers of highly deformed particles. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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