Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Contact Information   Research Details
Name of Institution: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Area of Research: Powder Production
Key Words: water atomization
Name of Contact: Prof. José M. Torralba   gas atomization
Department: Materials Science and Engineering Area of Research: Powder Processing
Key Words: Mechanical Alloying
Address: Area of Research: Powder Characterisation
Av. Universidad 30 Key Words: XRD
  SEM
28911 Leganés (Madrid)   TEM
Spain
Area of Research: Powder Forming
Key Words: uniaxial pressing
  cold isostatic pressing
Telephone: +34 91 6249963   hot isostatic pressing
Fax: +34 91 6249430   metal injection moulding
Email: torralba@ing.uc3m.es
Website: www.uc3m.es Area of Research: Sintering Processing
Research URL: www.uc3m.es Key Words: vacuum sintering
    controled atmosphere sintering
Summary of Research: Area of Research: Testing Method

- Design and manufacture of new high performance materials by Mechanical Alloying.
- Design and optimization (mix,feedstock, debinding,sintering) of parts by MIM.
- Improvement of SINTERING of steels, light alloys, mmc's and ferrites.
- Study of the effect that THERMAL AND THERMOCHEMICAL TREATMENTS have on metallic mateDetermination of failure causes during operation of components under STATIC OR DYNAMIC STRESS. Proposal of solutions and advances in the design of materials.
- Evaluation and improvement of the corrosion resistance of materials and coatings.
- Evaluate WEAR in materials and in protective coatings, determine the causes of failure and design materials resistant to wear.
- Optimization and development of new sintered materials (mixing, pressing, sintering,..).
- Development of nanopowders by spray pyrolysis. 		Key Words: corrosion
wear
  mechanical properties
Area of Research: Sintered Iron and Steel
Key Words: low alloed steels
stainless steels
high speed steels
Area of Research: Sintered Non Ferrous Materials
Key Words: bronze
Area of Research: Hard Materials
Key Words: iron base composites
Area of Research: Light Alloys
Key Words: aluminium
  titanium
iron base composites
Area of Research: MMCs and Intermetallics
Key Words: TiAl
  Ni-Al system
Other Information:   Fe base

Dr. Elena Gordo. High Speed Steels, Metal matrix composites and wear.
Dr. Elisa Ruiz-Navas, Aluminium and aluminium matrix composites.
Dr. Antonia Jiménez-Morales. Coatings, MIM and corrosion.
Dr. Mónica Campos. Low alloyed steels, stainless steels and thermal analysis.
Dr. Eugenia Rabanal. Ferrites, ceramics, spray pyrolysis.
Dr. Diego Ruiz-Amador. Atomizing. , - Powder manufacturing: gas and water atomizer, horizontal atritor, planetary ball mills, turbula mixers.
- XRD, STA, SEM, TEM. - Powder compaction: uniaxial, CIP. - HIP facilities. - MIM facilities: reology, mixers, debinding furnaces, injection machine. - Sintering facilities: vacuum and controled athmosphere furnaces (till 1600 ºC).  

 Al base