Characterization of a Copper Powder for Heat Pipe Wick Applications
Characterization of a Copper Powder for Heat Pipe Wick Applications is a scholarly work, published in 2018 in ''International Journal of Advanced Engineering Research and Science''. The main subjects of the publication include metallurgy, transparent conducting film, thermal hydraulics, materials science, solder, -, and copper. In powder metallurgy, it is necessary to know the powder's nature to understand how the processing of a powder occurs.In this paper, a characterization of a copper powder for heat pipe wick applications was experimentally done.The copper powder manufacturing method was atomization.This metallic powder was characterized by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry (ED-XRF), and Laser Diffraction Granulometry.As a result, the purity and the shape are compatible with the powder manufacturing method and great for wicks.Also, the copper powder has a unimodal distribution that is excellent for capillary structures.