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12.9
X-ray diffraction patterns for a CuO-Al system after different
mechanochemical treatment times in a
Pulverisette 6
Fritsch GmbH
mill (Philips X'Pert diffractometer, CuK
α
, intensities are on the same
scale) (Wieczorek-Ciurowa
et al.
, 2008).
also confirmed by the results of XRD patterns, indicating that this phase did
not form.
12.5.2 Effects of mechanosynthesis in the CuO-Al
reagent system
Mechanosynthesis in a copper oxide-aluminium system under the same
conditions as in the case where Cu
2
(OH)
2
CO
3
was used as a source of CuO
caused, within the first hour of milling, the formation of two intermetallic
phases, CuAl
2
and Cu
9
Al
4
(Fig. 12.9) (Wieczorek-Ciurowa et al., 2007a,
