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Solid state and liquid phase sintering of mechanically activated W-20 wt.% Cu powder mixture

Maneshian, M. H ; Sharif University of Technology | 2008

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2007.08.080
  3. Publisher: 2008
  4. Abstract:
  5. W-20 wt.% Cu powder mixture was mechanically alloyed by high-energy ball milling for various times and the effect of mechanical alloying (MA) on the sintering response of the composite compacts was investigated. The densification, microstructure, hardness and electrical conductivity after solid phase sintering (SPS) and liquid phase sintering (LPS) were examined. It was shown that the microstructure of mechanically alloyed powder profoundly influence the sintering response, i.e. a meaningful relationship between the sintering kinetics and the milling time was observed. It is suggested that MA disintegrates the W-W particle networks and increases the contribution of solid phase sintering (SPS) of nanostructured Cu and W particles on the densification. Higher hardness and conductivity were achieved by prolonged MA and SPS, indicating a lower W-W contiguity of the milled powders compared with the conventionally prepared W-Cu composite. On the other hand, depression of the melting temperature of copper up to 145 °C was noticed by affording a prolonged MA. The lower melting temperature and finer distribution of the Cu particles in the W matrix enhanced the densification during LPS and improved the homogeneity and properties of the final product. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
  6. Keywords:
  7. Ball milling ; Copper ; Copper alloys ; Copper powder metallurgy ; Densification ; Electric conductivity ; Electric conductivity of solids ; Grinding (machining) ; Hardness ; Liquid phase epitaxy ; Liquid phase sintering ; Lithography ; Mechanical alloying ; Melting point ; Metal melting ; Microstructure ; Milling (machining) ; Nanostructured materials ; Powders ; Tungsten compounds ; Composite compacts ; Electrical conductivity ; Final products ; High energy ball milling (HEBM) ; Liquid-phase ; Liquid-phase sintering (LPS) ; Mechanical alloying (MA) ; Mechanically alloyed (MA) ; Mechanically alloyed powder ; Melting temperature (Tm) ; Milled powders ; Milling time ; Nanostructured Cu ; Particle networks ; Powder mixtures ; Sintering kinetics ; Sintering response ; Solid phase sintering ; Solid states ; W-W contiguity ; Sintering
  8. Source: Journal of Alloys and Compounds ; Volume 463, Issue 1-2 , 8 September , 2008 , Pages 153-159 ; 09258388 (ISSN)
  9. URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0925838807017550