烧结温度对Cu-MoS2复合材料性能的影响

在保护气氛下采用不同的温度烧结Cu-MoS2复合材料,对所制备的材料进行成分分析,并测量了抗弯强度,硬度,电阻率等性能.结果表明:在烧结过程中Cu和MoS2发生了反应,产物为Cu1.83Mo3S4;随烧结温度的升高,材料的抗弯强度及硬度都有了显著提高,电阻率在烧结温度为750℃时最低.     

烧结温度对Cu-MoS2复合材料性能的影响

在保护气氛下采用不同的温度烧结Cu-MoS2复合材料,对所制备的材料进行成分分析,并测量了抗弯强度,硬度,电阻率等性能。结果表明：在烧结过程中Cu和MoS2发生了反应,产物为Cu1.83Mo3S4;随烧结温度的升高,材料的抗弯强度及硬度都有了显著提高,电阻率在烧结温度为750℃时最低。     

新型无银触头材料

采用粉末冶金技术研制了一种新型无银触头材料,该材料的综合性能,如密度、硬度、电阻率、灭弧特性及温度特性与银氧化物触头材料接近.当新型无银触头材料的相对密度与银氧化物触头材料的相对密度相同时,两者电阻率相当,而其硬度高于银氧化物触头材料的;温升和通断能力试验结果表明:所研制的无银触头在许多应用领域中,如在电力机车上可替代银氧化物触头材料.实验表明:该材料的相对密度大于98%,硬度(HB)大于950 MPa,电阻率小于2.78 μΩ·cm.     

CNTs/SiC/Cu复合材料制备及性能

以碳纳米管(CNTs)、碳化硅(SiC)粉体、锌(Zn)粉和CuSO_4·5H_2O为主要原料,用化学镀的方法制备CNTs /Cu复合粉体,再采用非均相沉淀法制备CNTs/SiC/Cu复合粉体.在750 ℃、100 MPa的制度下进行真空热压烧结后制得CNTs/SiC/Cu复合材料,其中Cu的含量(体积分数,下同)为70%,CNTs的含量(体积分数, 下同)分别为0,3%,5%,8%,12%.利用XRD、SEM分析样品的物相组成和显微结构;利用阿基米德排水法、显微硬度计、三点弯曲法测试了复合材料的密度、显微硬度和抗弯强度.结果表明,随着碳纳米管含量的增加,CNTs/SiC/Cu复合材料的密度、显微硬度和抗弯强度等性能发生相应变化,其中,抗弯强度呈现逐渐升高趋势.与未添加碳纳米管的30SiC/70Cu复合材料相比,添加12%CNTs的12CNTs/18SiC/70Cu 样品,抗弯强度提高了21.45 MPa.     

机械合金化对W-20Cu复合材料的显微组织与性能的影响

采用机械合金化结合粉末冶金技术制备W-20Cu(vol%)复合材料.利用扫描电镜和金相显微镜对不同球磨时间的W-20Cu复合材料显微组织进行表征,并对材料的各项物理性能进行测试.结果表明,随着球磨时间的延长,W-20Cu烧结体的组织越来越均匀,Cu相分布也越来越均匀.W-20Cu烧结体密度、收缩率、硬度、抗弯强度随球磨时间的延长而增大;球磨20h的W-20Cu复合粉烧结体热导率达到峰值(130.61 Wm-1K-1),继续球磨,热导率减小.综合考虑所有研究结果,通过机械合金化所制备的W-Cu复合粉体可以获得具有优异综合物理性能的W-20Cu复合材料.     

真空热压烧结W(50)/Cu-Al_2O_3复合材料的性能研究

采用真空热压烧结工艺制备W(50)/Cu-Al2O3复合材料,观察了其显微组织,测试了其致密度、硬度、抗弯强度和导电率。结果表明:W(50)/Cu-Al2O3复合材料组织致密;致密度和硬度优于Cu-50%W,致密度可达99.8%,显微硬度达135 HV。而导电率为46%IACS,略低于W-50%Cu复合材料。抗弯强度为291.3 MPa,弥散铜钨合金室温弯曲断裂主要以弥散Cu相的撕裂为主,伴随有W-Cu界面的分离和部分W晶粒的解理断裂。     

碳纳米管-银复合材料的制备工艺和电导率

采用粉末冶金方法制备碳纳米管-银复合材料,研究了制备工艺、碳纳米管含量对碳纳米管-银基复合材料密度、硬度、抗弯强度、电导率的影响.结果表明:采用复压烧结,烧结温度为700℃时,复合材料的性能较好;碳纳米管和银的弱界面结合,使得碳纳米管对复合材料的强化效果不明显;当碳纳米管的体积含量大于10%时,碳纳米管在晶界上发生偏聚,碳纳米管-银界面对电子产生散射,导致复合材料的电阻率迅速增加.     

真空热压烧结制备TiC10/Cu-Al2O3复合材料及其性能研究

采用真空热压烧结工艺制备了TiC10/Cu-Al2O3复合材料,并测试了性能和显微组织。在冷等静压机上对烧结态试样进行了冷等静压试验。结果表明:该复合材料烧结态的组织较为致密,致密度为98.53%;显微硬度为158 HV,电导率为48.7%IACS。经冷等静压后,材料的致密度为98.76%,显微硬度为161 HV,电导率为50.8%IACS,综合性能均有所提高。     

高导热可加工复合材料的制备及性能

研究了氮气气氛无压烧结、气氛压力烧结和气氛热压烧结的制备方法对AlN/BN复合材料致密度的影响,提出了气氛热压烧结法为最佳制备方法.采用热压烧结法制备出高导热可加工的AlN/BN复合材料,并研究了热压烧结中不同BN含量对复合材料的致密度、热导率、强度、硬度等性能的影响,最后结合显微结构图片分析了复合材料在加工过程中裂纹的传播过程,从而解释了材料的可加工性得以提高的机理.     

Cu/NbC纳米复合材料的原位合成及其在电触头材料应用中的功能梯度行为（英文）

原料Cu,Nb和石墨粉末置于高能振动盘式研磨仪,在氩气气氛中研磨7 h制备Cu-5%NbC(体积分数)粉末。采用两步压制法及在真空900℃烧结1h条件下制得Cu-NbC功能梯度材料和复合材料样品,研究样品的显微组织、物理性能和力学性能。场发射扫描电镜、能量色散X射线和X射线衍射结果表明,样品经烧结处理后,晶粒尺寸为18~27 nm的纳米结构基体中含有大小为42 nm的纳米颗粒增强相,证实了所制复合材料的高温热稳定性。Cu-15%NbC复合材料样品的硬度是纯Cu样品硬度的5倍。相对于纯Cu样品,磨损后Cu-15%NbC复合材料样品的体积磨损量减小,且电导率降低至36.68%IACS。相对于复合表面中的复合材料样品,Cu/NbC功能梯度材料样品在具有与复合材料相同的硬度和磨损性能的条件下,显示出75.83%IACS的较高电导率。因此,具有良好力学性能和电学性能的Cu/NbC功能梯度材料将成为很好的电触头材料。     

Rheology Feature of Simple Metal Melt

The rheology feature of Sb, Bi melt and alloys was studied using coaxial cylinder high-temperature viscometer. The results showed that the curve of torsion-rotational speed for Sb melt presents a linear relation in all measured temperature ranges, whereas for the Bi melt, the curve presents obvious non-Newtonian feature within the low temperature range and at relative high shear stress. The rheology feature of Sb80Bi20 and Sb20Bi80 alloy melts was well correlated with that of Sb and Bi, respectively. It is considered that the rheology behavior of Sb melt plays a crucial role in Sb80Bi20 alloy and that of Bi melt plays a crucial role in Sb20Bi80 alloy.     

Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of a Newly Developed Austenitic Heat Resistant Steel

The effect of heat treatment on the microstructures and mechanical properties of a newly developed austenitic heat resistant steel(named as T8 alloy) for ultra-supercritical applications have been studied. Results show that the main phases in the alloy after solution treatment are γ and primary MX. Subsequent aging treatment causes the precipitation of M_(23)C_6 carbides along the grain boundaries and a small number of nanoscale MX inside the grains. In addition, with increasing the aging temperature and time, the morphology of M_(23)C_6 carbides changes from semi-continuous chain to continuous network.Compared with a commercial HR3C alloy, T8 alloy has comparable tensile strength, but higher stress rupture strength. The dominant cracking mechanism of the alloy during tensile test at room temperature is transgranular, while at high temperature, intergranular cracking becomes the main cracking mode, which may be caused by the precipitation of continuous M_(23)C_6 carbides along the grain boundaries. Typical intergranular cracking is the dominant cracking mode of the alloy at all stress rupture tests.     

The 15th Global Foundry Sourcing Conference 2014held in Qingdao China

Organized by Suppliers China Co., Ltd and co-organized by the National Technical Committee 54 on Foundry of Standardization Administration of China, the 15th Global Foundry Sourcing Conference 2014 （hereinafter referred to as FSC 2014） was successfully held on Sep. 23rd in Grand Regency Hotel, Qingdao. More than 500 delegates from home and abroad attended this conference, including over 130 purchasers from 20 countries and 380 domestic and foreign suppliers.     

Secondary Recrystallization Behaviors of Grain-Oriented 6.5 wt% Silicon Steel Sheets Produced by Rolling and Nitriding Processes

By rolling and nitriding processes, 0.23- to 0.3-mm-thick grain-oriented 6.5 wt% silicon steel sheets were produced. The core losses of grain-oriented 6.5 wt% silicon steel at frequencies ranging from 400 Hz to 20 k Hz were lower than that of the grain-oriented 3 wt% silicon steel with the same thickness by 16.6–35.8%. The secondary recrystallization behavior was investigated by scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive spectroscopy, and electron backscattered diffraction. The results show that the secondary recrystallization in high-silicon steel sheets develops more completely as the nitrogen content increases after nitriding, secondary recrystallized grain sizes become larger, and the sharpness of Goss texture increases. Because more {110}116 grains in the subsurface and the central layer of the sheets have a lot of 20°–45° high-energy boundaries in addition to Goss grains, {110}116 can be the main component through selective growth during secondary recrystallization when the inhibitor quantity is not enough and inhibitor intensity is weaker. The increases in nitrogen content can increase the inhibitor intensity and hinder abnormal growth of a mount of {110}116 grains and therefore enhance the sharpness of Goss texture.     

Effects of Post-weld Heat Treatment on Microstructure,Mechanical Properties and the Role of Weld Reinforcement in 2219 Aluminum Alloy TIG-Welded Joints

In as-welded state, each region of 2219 aluminum alloy TIG-welded joint shows diff erent microstructure and microhardness due to the diff erent welding heat cycles and the resulting evolution of second phases. After the post-weld heat treatment, both the amount and the size of the eutectic structure or θ phases decreased. Correspondingly, both the Cu content in α-Al matrix and the microhardness increased to a similar level in each region of the joint, and the tensile strength of the entire joint was greatly improved. Post-weld heat treatment played the role of solid solution strengthening and aging strengthening. After the post-weld heat treatment, the weld performance became similar to other regions, but weld reinforcements lost their reinforcing eff ect on the weld and their existence was more of an adverse eff ect. The joint without weld reinforcements after the post-weld heat treatment had the optimal tensile properties, and the specimens randomly crack in the weld zone.     

Laser Cladded TiCN Coatings on the Surface of Titanium

Laser cladded coatings of TiCN were produced on the surface of titanium. To obtain the optimal techniques, several conditions were tested by varying the laser scanning rate. The choice of shielding gas was also studied. The cladded coatings were then evaluated from the surface mechanics point of view based on their microhardness. The microstructure of some interesting samples was investigated by optical micrographs (OM). The results showed that under the condition of fixed pulse frequency and pulse width, the laser scanning rate and the shielding gas are the main factors influencing the components of coatings. TiCN coatings were decompounded and oxidized during the cladding process in the condition of no shielding gas of N2. X-ray diffraction results indicated that the composite coatings composed of TiCN, TiC, Ti2N, and TiO2 were produced using appropriate techniques. The results indicated that the best condition in terms of the surface microhardness is obtained when the scanning rate is 1.5mm / s, the pulse frequency is 15Hz, the pulse width is 3.0ms, and N2 is chosen as the shielding gas. The microhardness of the composite coatings is about 1331kg · mm - 2, which is about 4 times that of the substrate. The optical micrographs indicated that the cladding zone is made up of TiCN, TiO2, and some interdendritic Ti, but the diffusion zone mainly consists of the dendrites phase, and the cladded depth is about 80?滋m, which is more than 2 times that of the laser nitrided sample. There were no microcracks or air bubbles in the cladded sample, which was cladded using the above optimal techniques.     

The First Phase of the SRIF Industrialized Base in ＂West Area＂ Has Been Put into Operation

After nearly two years＇ tense construction, the first phase of industrialized base of Shenyang Research Institute of Foundry （SRIF）, located at the Tiexi Casting and Forging Industrial Park in the west of Tiexi District, has now been completed and formally put into operation.     

Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of X80 Pipeline Steel Joints by Friction Stir Welding Under Various Cooling Conditions

X80 pipeline steel plates were friction stir welded(FSW) under air, water, liquid CO_2 + water, and liquid CO_2 cooling conditions, producing defect-free welds. The microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of these FSW joints were studied. Coarse granular bainite was observed in the nugget zone(NZ) under air cooling, and lath bainite and lath martensite increased signifi cantly as the cooling medium temperature reduced. In particular, under the liquid CO_2 cooling condition, a dual phase structure of lath martensite and fi ne ferrite appeared in the NZ. Compared to the case under air cooling, a strong shear texture was identifi ed in the NZs under other rapid cooling conditions, because the partial deformation at elevated temperature was retained through higher cooling rates. Under liquid CO_2 cooling, the highest transverse tensile strength and elongation of the joint reached 92% and 82% of those of the basal metal(BM), respectively, due to the weak tempering softening. A maximum impact energy of up to 93% of that of the BM was obtained in the NZ under liquid CO_2 cooling, which was attributed to the operation of the dual phase of lath martensite and fi ne ferrite.     

INDUSTRY NEWS

China Securities News reported on March 21, 2014： Guangdong Hongtu Wuhan Die Casting Co., Ltd. （Wuhan Hongtu）, a wholly owned subsidiary of Guangdong Hongtu Technology （Holdings） Co., Ltd., held a groundbreaking ceremony recently. With the registered capital of 50 million Yuan, Wuhan Hongtu has a total land area of 100,000 square meters and a plant construction area of 72,000 square meters. It is expected to have a production capacity of about 30,000 tonnes of aluminum castings annually after it is put into production.