Microstructure and mechanical properties of aluminium
· Ball milling The powder mixture of Al alloy and vol % GNSs was milled in a planetary ball mill which was carried out in a 500 ml stainless steel jar The confined powders were firstly ball milled at 180 rpm for h for pre mixing and then at 250 rpm for the following 20 h under argon atmosphere Samples were taken out at 2 5 10 15 and 20 h to investigate the effect of ball milling