Fig. 4 Water atomization system. (a) Large-scale (1000 to 100,000 tons/year) water atomizing system. (b) Key variables in the various stages of the water atomization process More

Fig. 12 Water atomization setup. Source: Ref 5 More

Fig. 4 Schematic of the water atomization process More

Fig. 6 Impact model of water atomization mechanism. Source: Ref 5 More

Fig. 2 Schematic of a water-atomization system. Source: Ref 1 More

Fig. 7 Flow diagram of water atomization process More

Fig. 9 Schematic of high pressure water atomization More

Fig. 4 Schematic of water atomization More

Fig. 3 Examples of atomized powders. (a) Water-atomized copper. (b) Water-atomized iron, apparent density 2.9 g/cm 3 . (c) Air-atomized aluminum. (d) Helium-atomized aluminum. (e) Nitrogen-atomized high-speed steel. (f) Vacuum-atomized IN-100 superalloy. (g) Plasma rotating electrode process More

Fig. 7 Particle size of water-atomized metals as a function of atomizing pressure. Source: Ref 10 More

Fig. 5 Micrograph of irregularly shaped water-atomized powder More

Fig. 11 Water-atomized iron (−80 mesh), Arrows indicate fine particles agglomerated to coarser ones during annealing. As-polished. 960× More

Fig. 12 Water-atomized, vacuum-annealed tool steel powder (M2), Irregular particles with a fine carbide phase. Equal parts 4% picral and 4% nital. 645× More

Fig. 16 Scanning electron microscope images of water-atomized iron powders (a) Arrows indicate a fair degree of irregularity or roughness on the surface. (b) Water-atomized and annealed iron powder. Arrows indicate small fines that were agglomerated onto the larger particles. (c) Water More

Fig. 42 Water-atomized iron powder with 0.5% MnS blended for increased machinability. The MnS is the gray material (see arrows M) inside the darker pores. 2% nital. 330× More

Fig. 6 Effect of admixed lubricant on green strength of water-atomized 4600 low-alloy steel powder. Source: Ref 5 More

Fig. 22 The apparent density of a lubricated water atomized stainless steel powder as function of mixing time. The plot shows the apparent density versus the amount of lubricant. The conditions were 60 vol% fill in a double cone mixer rotating at 50 RPM, lithium stearate ranging from 0.5 More

Fig. 5 Scanning electron micrograph of water-atomized iron particles exhibiting a fair degree of irregularity or roughness on the surface (note particle indicated by arrows). 190× More

Fig. 1 Scanning electron micrographs of gas- and water-atomized copper powders. (a) Nitrogen atomized. (b) Water atomized, apparent density of 3.04 g/cm 3 . (c) Water atomized, apparent density of 4.60 g/cm 3 More

Fig. 3 Scanning electron micrographs of gas- and water-atomized copper powders. (a) Nitrogen atomized. (b) Water atomized, apparent density of 3.04 g/cm 3 . (c) Water atomized, apparent density of 4.60 g/cm 3 More