| POWDER TYPE | Water atomized | Gas atomized | Blended | Densecoated | Agglomerated & Sintered | Fused&Crushed |
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| PROCESS | Atomizing with water into a chamber and subsequent drying |
Atomizing molten metal or alloy with high pressure gas(N2,Ar) stream into a chamber |
Mixing of 2 or more powders |
Reduction of metal salt solution |
Spray drying of a suspension consisting of fine powders and organic binder and subsequent sintering |
Fusing in arc furnaces, Carbon tube followed by cooling and crushing |
| CHARACTE-RISTICS | Ball like, Dense increased oxygen content compared to gas atomized |
Spherical dense, high purity, low oxygen content |
Different morphologies, segregation possible |
Blocky or irregular composite |
Spherical, Porous, Constituents, Homogenously, Distributed |
Blocky, irregular, dengse |
| EXAMPLES | Ni60A Ni60CuMo |
Stainless steel Co-base | NiSF+FTC NiSF+WC-Co |
Ni-Graphite Ni-Al Ni-Cr-Al |
WC-10Co4Cr WC-17Co WC-14Co |
FTC Al2O3 Cr2O3 |
