Description:
In this study, the production of AM60 magnesium alloy powder by gas atomization method was experimentallyinvestigated. Experiments were carried out at a constant temperature of 770 °C, 35 bar atomizing gas pressureand 4 different nozzle diameters (2, 3, 4, 5 mm). Argon gas was used to atomize the melt. Scanning electronmicroscopy (SEM) was used to determine the shape of the AM60 powders produced, XRD and XRF analyzeswere used to determine the internal phases of the produced powders and percentage of these phases, and lasermeasurement devices were used for powder size analysis. The overall appearance of the AM60 magnesium alloypowders produced is complex, ligament, rod, droplet, flake and spherical but the shape of the powder is mostlydripping and spherical depending on the reduction of the nozzle diameter. The finest powder obtained was foundto have a gas pressure of 35 bar at a temperature of 770 °C, a diameter of 2 mm, and the overall shape of thepowder was found to be complex.