Strategies for tailoring the properties of chemically precipitated metal powders

This review discusses the fundamental principles governing the precipitation of metallic particles in liquid media and describes practical strategies for controlling their size, shape, uniformity, dispersion, composition, structure, and surface characteristics. The manuscript covers theoretical and practical aspects applicable to both small-scale laboratory systems and large-scale industrial processes. The review focuses mainly on the latter to compensate for the sparse coverage they receive in the literature despite their significant impact on various technology fields. For this reason, the majority of examples given to illustrate the validity and effectiveness of the strategies described pertain to high volume/high concentration systems for manufacturing metal powders for industrial applications.