MIXEDNESS ENGINEERING FOR ADVANCED MULTICOMPONENT MATERIALS

This paper introduces the concept of mixedness engineering and how it can be related to the processing of materials involving metal powders. The Laboratory for Mixedness Engineering (LME) housed within the Cent er for Ceramic Research can predict and determine mixedness for multic omponent particulate mixtures using novel methodologies available excl usively at Rutgers. The prediction of mixedness is accomplished using the concentric shell model of mixedness (CSMM). The determination of m ixedness is done utilizing field emission scanning electron microscopy coupled with position tagged spectroscopy (FESEM/PTS). Together these predictive and determinative tools facilitate the design, optimizatio n and monitoring of multicomponent mixtures that can meet the demandin g requirements of materials of the future.