Steel powders, JIS SCM3 and SKH9, have been made by water and argon atomizations followed by water cooling. Oxygen contents of steel powders have been investigated as a function of atomizing variable.
Increasing the cooling velocity of powders is considerably effective to decrease oxygen contents of pow-ders. In water atomization, it is considerably effective for decreasing oxygen contents of powders to construct a pipe for conducting the mixture of water and molten droplets underneath the atomizing nozzle. In argon atomization, the cooling velocity of powders is increased by increasing the pressure of argon and by decreasing the distance from the end of the argon nozzle to cooling water.
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