Role of Ball Milling of Aluminum Powders in Promotion of ...
Ball Milling. The detail of BM procedure is similar to Reference 2.Alfa Aeasar Company provided Al powder of 99.8 pct purity (MFCD00134029). The average particle size of the Al powder was 190 µm.We used Stearic acid (97 pct purity, Fisher Scientific-AC17449-0010) as process control agent (PCA) and mixed 3 wt pct of it with the Al powder prior to milling.