Fig. 5.29 Water atomization system. (a) Various stages of the water atomization process. (b) Large-scale system (1,000 to 100,000 tons/year) More

Fig. 3.3 Schematic of a water-atomization system. Source: Ref 2 More

Fig. 3.11 Schematic of inert gas atomization system with expanded view of the gas expansion nozzle. Source: Ref 27 . Reprinted with permission from MPIF, Metal Powder Industries Federation, Princeton, NJ More

Fig. 3.12 Two fluid-atomization designs. Source: Ref 1 More

Fig. 5.69 Example of a gas atomization plant for metal powder [ Wei 86 ] More

Fig. 8.40 (a) Gas atomization setup. (b) Scanning electron micrograph of a gas-atomized prealloyed spherical Ti-6Al-4V. Courtesy of Affinity International More

Fig. 5.28 Atomization processes used in the industrial production of metal powders. Source: Ref 5.6 More

Fig. 5.30 Two-fluid atomization with (a) free-fall design (gas or water) and (b) continued nozzle design (gas only). Design characteristics: a, angle formed by free-falling molten metal and atomizing medium; A , distance between molten metal and nozzle; D , diameter of confined molten metal More

Fig. 6.3 Crucible-free atomization in induction coil melting. Courtesy of Impact Innovations GmbH More

Fig. 6.4 Crucible-free atomization in plasma-torch-heated water-cooled copper crucible. Courtesy of Impact Innovations GmbH More

Fig. 6.5 Wire-feed plasma atomization. Courtesy of Impact Innovations GmbH More

Fig. 6.6 Centrifugal atomization. Courtesy of Impact Innovations GmbH More

Fig. 2.2 Large, spherical titanium powder fabricated by plasma atomization, giving a spherical particle shape More

Fig. 2.20 High-alloy and pure powders are fabricated by using gas atomization. The highest-purity powders rely on vacuum melting and inert gas atomization, as illustrated in this cross section. The resulting particles are spherical microcastings. More

Fig. 9 Schematic of atomization processes. Source: Ref 4 More

Fig. 10 Water atomization setup. Source: Ref 4 More

Fig. 7.2 Gas atomization system for producing superalloy powder. (a) Nozzle detail (b) system More

Fig. 7.3 Soluble gas atomization system for producing superalloy powder More

Fig. 5.5 Boiling point depression and elevation of boiling pressure by atomization. (a) At constant pressure (P = ordinary pressure). (b) At constant temperature (T = boiling point) More

Fig. 5.6 The increase of solubility by atomization. See the footnote for Fig 4.9, where the reason that G θ and V are divided by ( m + n ) in the free-energy diagram is explained. (a) The free-energy diagram and the phase diagram. (b) The solubility of Fe 3 C particles to austenite More