RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Non-monotonic variation of the grain size in Cu nanopowders subjected to ball milling A1 Lasio, Barbara A1 Pia, Giorgio A1 Garroni, Sebastiano A1 Orrù, Roberto A1 Takacs, Laszlo A1 Delogu, Francesco K1 Ball milling K1 Metals and alloys K1 Microstructure K1 Kinetics K1 Materiales K1 Materials AB Ball milling (BM) a Cu nanopowder resulted in an increase of the average grain size from 8 to 52 nm, followed by a gradual decrease to 19 nm. In contrast, the grain size of coarse-grained Cu decreased monotonically from 290 nm to 19 nm. Fitting a model to the kinetic curves indicates that the two processes have similar activated volumes during collisions. It also reveals that particles over 100 nm are formed when nanoparticles are compressed during a collision for the first time. PB Elsevier SN 0167-577X YR 2018 FD 2018-02 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/5710 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/5710 LA eng NO University of Cagliari and performed within the European Community Horizon 2020 Programme, COST Action CA15102 Solutions for Critical Raw Materials under Extreme Conditions (CRM_EXTREME) DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos RD 02-may-2024