Fabrication,microstructures and properties of 50 vol.-% SiCp/6061Al composites via a pressureless sintering technique

Commercial F500 SiC powder and 6061 Al powder were chosen to fabricate the 50?vol.-% SiCp/6061Al composites via pressureless sintering. Effects of pre-treatment of the SiC powder and sintering temperature on the microstructures and properties of the composites were studied. Densification mechanism and interfacial reaction of the composites were also investigated. The results show that the composites have a high sintering ability and a low interfacial reaction activity. The density, bending strength and thermal conductivity of the composites are all sensitive to the sintering temperature. The composites sintered at 680°C are nearly fully dense and have the following optimal properties: the relative density of 98.5%, the bending strength of 495?MPa, the TC of 153?W/(m?K) and the coefficient of thermal expansion of 8.1?×?10^?6/°C (50–100°C), which are superior to most of the SiCp/Al composites of the similar composition reported previously.     

热等静压原位合成SiC–TiC复相陶瓷的微观组织与性能研究

采用纳米级β-SiC粉末、Si粉末、C粉末以及微米级TiH_2粉末为原料,利用热等静压原位合成工艺制备了SiC–TiC复相陶瓷,研究了不同原位合成反应和烧结工艺对复相陶瓷微观组织及力学性能的影响。结果表明:以SiC、TiH_2、C粉末为原料的原位合成反应,无明显副反应发生,更有益于制备成分符合预期、致密度良好且性能优秀的SiC–TiC复相陶瓷。在1600℃,120 MPa,4 h等静压烧结工艺下原位合成得到的体积分数为SiC–32%TiC复相陶瓷具有最好的致密度、硬度、三点弯曲强度以及良好的断裂韧性,分别达到98.7%、21.2 GPa、428 MPa和5.5 MPa·m1/2。提高热等静压压力有助于提高材料的烧结扩散活性,从而提高材料的致密度,有益于力学性能的提升。     

烧结温度对碳化硅陶瓷力学性能的影响

采用硼、碳助剂无压烧结制备碳化硅陶瓷。针对烧结温度与碳化硅烧结体密度、抗弯强度以及硬度之间的关系进行了试验研究,并对不同温度下制备的烧结体进行了显微结构形貌观察和XRD图谱分析。结果表明,烧结温度在2190～2220℃范围内可以制备密度高、力学性能好的碳化硅陶瓷。其相对密度超过96%;抗弯强度接近400MPa;维氏硬度23GPa以上。在试验温度范围内,密度与抗弯强度之间的关系近似为线性关系,密度越高抗弯强度和硬度性能越好。     

EFFECT OF ADDITIONAL ALLOYING ELEMENTS ON THE PROPERTIES OF SINTERED MANGANESE STEELS

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Sintered alloys based on the Fe-Mn system have been investigated by using single-pressing and double-pressing techniques. Fe-Mn (Mn up to 8 wt.-%) and Fe-Mn-C (C up to 1·4 wt.-%) alloys were prepared both with manganese as an electrolytic powder and with a Fe-Mn master alloy. The influence of sintering temperature and sintering time on mechanical properties and homogenization is discussed. The effect of the additional alloying elements Cr, Mo, eu, and of their combinations on mechanical properties has been determined. Further investigations were carried out with a Fe-Mn-Cr-Mo-C master alloy. The optimum single-pressed and double-pressed alloy (Fe with Mn 0·8, Cr 0·8, Mo 0·8, and total C 0·6%) has a tensile strength (σ_B) of >700 N/mm². Optimum alloys of all investigated systems were hot-forged and their mechanical properties are compared with those of single- and double-pressing techniques. The alloys were heat-treated and their tempering behaviour determined. Jominy standard tests were carried out to determine hardenability of the porous sintered materials.     

镀钨碳纳米管增强铜基复合材料的制备及性能

采用羰基热分解法对多壁碳纳米管表面进行镀钨处理,并以镀钨碳纳米管和电解铜粉为原料,进行机械球磨混粉和放电等离子体烧结,制备了镀钨碳纳米管/铜基复合材料.采用场发射扫描电镜观察了粉体和复合材料的组织形貌,并对复合材料物相进行了X射线衍射分析.探讨了镀钨碳纳米管含量和放电等离子体烧结温度对复合材料致密度、抗拉强度、延伸率和电导率的影响.结果表明,镀钨碳纳米管质量分数为1%和烧结温度为850℃时,复合材料的致密度、抗拉强度和电导率最高.与烧结纯铜相比,复合材料的抗拉强度提高了103.6%,电导率仅降低15.9%.      

纳米SiC增强纯Al基复合材料的微观组织和力学性能

与采用微米尺度SiC颗粒为增强相制备的Al基复合材料相比,以纳米SiC颗粒为增强相制备的Al基复合材料具有更加优异的力学性能,可极大提高SiC增强Al基复合材料的服役可靠性及应用范围。采用传统粉末冶金方法制备纳米SiC颗粒增强纯Al基复合材料,研究烧结温度和增强相体积分数对复合材料微观结构和力学性能的影响。研究表明,烧结温度和增强相体积分数均对复合材料的微观结构和力学性能有重要影响。随烧结温度升高,复合材料中的残留微孔减少,密度和强度均得到显著提高。含体积分数为3%纳米SiC颗粒的复合材料在610℃具有最高的强度,进一步提高纳米SiC颗粒的含量并不能提高材料的力学性能,这主要是由于当纳米SiC颗粒的体积分数超过3%时将出现明显的团聚,从而降低强化效应。     

THE ISOSTATIC PRESSING,VACUUM SINTERING,AND SWAGING OF THORIUM POWDER

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The isostatic pressing of calcium-reduced thorium powder into round bars and tubes, prior to vacuum sintering and swaging, is described. The simple equipment allows powder filling to be carried out in an enclosed system, thus avoiding fire and health hazards at this stage. A number of bars or tubes, of varying length and diameter, can be pressed simultaneously. The technique has certain advantages over conventional die compacting.

The effect of pressure on density and hardness through the bar section before and after sintering at various temperatures has been studied, and the optimum conditions determined for the manufacture of dense bars with high metal efficiencies (98%). Details are given of the microstructure and mechanical properties of thorium bars in the sintered, swaged, and annealed conditions.     

烧结温度及Y2O3对9Cr-RAFM钢性能的影响

采用粉末冶金技术,以球磨-模压-真空烧结工艺制备2种9Cr-RAFM钢:以0.3%Y2O3(质量分数)为弥散相的ODS 9Cr铁基高温合金和不添加Y2O3的Non-ODS 9Cr铁基高温合金。研究烧结温度及Y2O3对RAFM钢的力学性能和微观组织的影响。研究结果表明:采用球磨-模压-真空烧结工艺制备的ODS合金的综合力学性能高于Non-ODS合金,并且在1 390℃烧结,保温2 h条件下制备的ODS合金具有最佳的综合力学性能(抗拉强度600 MPa,伸长率23.1%)。并对不同球磨时间的合金粉末进行XRD物相分析,用SEM及能谱分析技术研究Y2O3影响RAFM钢的微观组织成分和力学性能的机理。     

Effect of Density and Processing Conditions on Oxide Transformations and Mechanical Properties in Cr–Mo-Alloyed PM steels

To improve the mechanical properties and performances of water-atomized powder metallurgy steels, it is necessary to enhance the density. Consolidating water-atomized steel powders via conventional pressing and sintering to a relative density level > 95 pct involves processing challenges. Consolidation of gas-atomized powders to full density by hot isostatic pressing (HIP) is an established process route but utilizing water-atomized powders in HIP involves challenges that result in the formation of prior particle boundaries due to higher oxygen content. In this study, the effect of density and processing conditions on the oxide transformations and mechanical properties from conventional press and sintering, and HIP are evaluated. Hence, water-atomized Cr–Mo-alloyed powder is used and consolidated into different density levels between 6.8 and 7.3 g cm⁻³ by conventional die pressing and sintering. Fully dense material produced through HIP is evaluated not only of mechanical properties but also for microstructural and fractographic analysis. An empirical model based on power law is fitted to the sintered material properties to estimate and predict the properties up to full density at different sintering conditions. A model describing the mechanism of oxide transformation during sintering and HIP is proposed. The challenges when it comes to the HIP of water-atomized powder are addressed and the requirements for successful HIP processing are discussed.

     

Hydrogen Decrepitation and Recycling of NdFeB-type Sintered Magnets

With the rapid growth in the use of NdFeB-type magnets and with the growing environmental need to conserve both energy and raw materials, the recycling of these magnets is becoming an ever important issue. In this paper it is demonstrated that hydrogen could play a vital role in this process. Fully dense, sintered NdFeB-type magnets have been subjected to the hydrogen decrepitation (HD) process. The resultant powder has been subsequently processed in one of two ways in order to produce permanent magnets. Firstly, the powder was subjected to a vacuum degassing treatment over a range of temperatures up to 1000°C in order to produce powder that would be suitable for the production of anisotropic bonded or hot pressed magnets. Secondly, the HD-powder has been used to produce fully dense sintered magnets; in which case optimisation of the milling time, sintering temperature and time was carried out. The optimum degassing temperature for coercive powder was found to be 700°C, giving powder with a remanence (B_r) of ∼1350mT (±10 mT) and an intrinsic coercivity (H_cj) of ∼750kAm⁻¹ (±10 kAm⁻¹). The best sintered magnet was produced by very lightly milling the powder (30 min, roller ball mill), aligning, pressing and vacuum sintering at 1080°C for 1 hour. The magnetic properties of this magnet were: (BH)_max = 290 kJm⁻³ (±5 kJm⁻³), Sr = 1240mT (±5 mT) and H_cj = 830 kAm⁻¹ (±5 kAm⁻¹); representing decreases of 15%, 10%, and 20% respectively, from the properties of the initial magnet.     

THE CORRELATION BETWEEN RAW MATERIALS,PREPARATION CONDITIONS,AND PROPERTIES OF SINTERED IRON

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Three plain iron powders of different types (sponge-iron, atomized and electrolytic iron powder) were studied with respect to their sintering behaviour and to the influence of manufacturing parameters—i.e., compacting pressure, sintering temperature, and sintering atmosphere—on the microstructure and the properties of sintered compacts. The changes of length, electric conductivity, and strength during sintering are explained in physical and chemical terms. Technical sintering diagrams are presented. The influence of sintering atmospheres on the mechanical properties of sintered compacts is shown for the three types of powder. The correlation between pore structure and strength is discussed; analytical relationships are developed which are in agreement with the experimental results.     

常压H2气氛烧结W-TiC合金的致密化行为和性能

采用粉末冶金方法在常压H2气氛下制备W-TiC合金,研究W-TiC合金的烧结致密化行为,并对合金的性能和组织结构进行分析.结果表明:添加微量强化烧结元素可改善W-TiC合金的烧结活性,在1700℃烧结120min后其相对密度达到99.2％;随着烧结温度的升高,W-TiC合金的拉伸强度提高,在2000℃烧结120 min...     

PM processing of elemental and prealloyed 6061 aluminium alloy with and without common lubricants and sintering aids

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A comparison has been made between compaction, sintering, microstructural and mechanical properties of the 6061 aluminium alloy prepared via premixed elemental (EL) and prealloyed (PA) powders (as received and degassed) with and without additions of sintering aids and various solid and/or liquid lubricants. Both EL and PA powders were cold pressed at different pressures, ranging from 250 to 770 MPa, and sintered under vacuum in the range 580–640^°C for 30–120 min. and then under pure nitrogen atmosphere for comparison. Vacuum degassing of the PA powder provided better compressibility and thus higher green densities than those for the as received PA or the premixed EL powder compacts pressed at compaction pressures ≥340 MPa. Near full sintered densities of , ～98%TD were obtained for both EL and PA 6061 Al alloys. Degassed PA Al with 0·6 wt-% paraffin wax (PW) or with only 0·12 wt-%Pb addition as sintering aid and no lubricant, and premixed EL with only 0·12 wt-%Pb addition and no lubricant gave the best optimum properties. It became apparent that additions of some solid lubricants such as lithium stearate (LS) and acrawax to both the premixed EL and PA powders provided reasonable green densities, but had deleterious effect on sintered densities and microstructures, particularly under vacuum sintering. Heating data curves during the sintering cycle, revealed formation of both transient and persistent liquid phases for the EL and mainly supersolidus liquid phase sintering (SLPS) mechanism for the PA. Tensile properties of the degassed, vacuum or nitrogen sintered PA Al alloy in T6 condition were higher than those of the equivalent alloy prepared by EL mixing with the former giving a tensile strength of 330 MPa and 6–8% elongation to failure, which are similar to those of the commercial (wrought) 6061 Al alloys.     

Effect of various sintering methods on microstructures and mechanical properties of titanium and its alloy (Ti–Al–V–X): A review

Titanium having high demand in aircraft industries because of its mechanical properties like high strength to weight ratio, high temperature performance and it’s resistant to corrosion. Therefore, Titanium and its alloys are used in airplane and engine applications. One of the major usages of alloy in the aircraft industries are Titanium alloy. By using Powder Metallurgy, the powder materials are compacted and sintered in the furnace to achieve high densities for the further process of the samples. In this paper reviews the various research investigations of Titanium and its alloy (Ti–% Al–% V–% X alloy), to optimize the microstructure and mechanical properties by various sintering methods like Conventional, Spark plasma and Microwave sintering techniques. From this the major advantages in the Spark plasma sintering tend to reduce the sintering time with high temperatures, achieving higher densities and improved microstructures tends to improve the mechanical properties of the material.     

Liquid phase sintering and heat treatment of T15 grade PM high speed steel

T15 grade high speed steel (HSS) was processed by powder metallurgy (PM) using water atomized powder. Liquid phase sintering was carried out in the temperature range 1250–1280°C for a fixed period of 1.5 hours. A suitable heat treatment schedule for transformation annealing, hardening and tempering of the fully dense alloys was established using hardness and metallographic studies. Quantitative metallography revealed the types of carbides and their proportions at every processing stage. Room temperature transverse rupture strength (TRS) and hot compressive yield strengths were also determined.     

Sintering Behaviour and Mechanical Properties of Al–Cu–Mg–Si–Sn Aluminum Alloy

The present study investigates the effect of compaction pressure and sintering temperature on densification response and mechanical properties of the Al–3.8Cu–1Mg–0.8Si–0.3Sn (2712) alloy. The compacts were pressed at 200 and 400 MPa and sintered at temperatures ranging from 570–630°C in vacuum (10^?6 Torr). The objective of the present work is to obtain an optimum sintering conditions for achieving higher sintered densities and mechanical properties. The effect of sintering temperature is evaluated by measuring the sintered density, densification parameter, microstructure, phase changes and mechanical properties. While a higher sintering temperature results in densification enhancement, it also leads to microstructural coarsening. Significant improvement in mechanical properties is obtained through age-hardening of sintered alloy under various ageing conditions (T4, T6 and T8).     

Microstructural and mechanical properties of injection moulded gas and water atomised 17-4 PH stainless steel powder

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This paper describes the microstructural and mechanical properties of injection moulded 17-4 PH stainless steel gas and water atomised powder. Gas and water atomised stainless steel powders were injection moulded with wax based binder. The critical powder loading for injection moulding were 62·5 and 55 vol.-% for gas and water atomised powders respectively. Binder debinding was performed using solvent and thermal method. After dedinding the samples were sintered at different temperatures for 1 h in pure H₂. Metallographic studies were conducted to determine to extend densification and the corresponding microstructural changes. The results show that gas atomised powder could be sintered to a maximum (98·7%) of theoretical density, and water atomised powder could be sintered to a maximum (97·08%) of theoretical density. Maximum tensile strength was obtained for gas atomised powder sintered at 1350°C. The tensile strength of the water atomised powder sintered at the same temperature was lower owing to higher porosity. Finally, mechanical tests show that the water atomised powder has lower mechanical properties than gas atomised powder.     

The properties of tungsten processed by chemically activated sintering

Two tungsten powders have been treated with small concentrations of sintering activators to provide for enhanced low temperature sintering. The experimental study focused on the determination of the processing effects on properties such as sintered density, grain size, hardness, and strength. Variables in the plan included tungsten particle size, type of activator, amount of activator, compaction pressure, and sintering temperature. The sintered density is found to have a dominant effect on strength and hardness. The various processing variables are analyzed in terms of their effects on density. At high sintered densities, grain growth acts to degrade the strength. Additionally, the nature of the sintering activator influences the fracture strength. In this study optimal strength occurred with a 0.7 μm tungsten powder treated with 0.29 wt pct Ni, sintered at 1200 °C for one hour. The resulting density was 18.21 g/cm³, with aR _A hardness of 69 and a transverse rupture strength of 460 MPa.     

烧结温度对NiFe2O4/TiN复合陶瓷惰性阳极材料性能的影响

采用两步烧结法制备了掺杂质量分数为7%TiN的NiFe₂O₄/TiN复合陶瓷惰性阳极材料,重点研究了烧结温度对NiFe₂O₄/TiN复合陶瓷惰性阳极材料的微观结构及性能的影响.研究结果表明:随着烧结温度的升高,惰性阳极材料的晶粒间隙变小,气孔逐渐减少,晶粒间结合度提高,体积密度呈先升高后降低趋势,在1325℃时达到最大值5.20g/cm³,但材料内部存在微裂纹;烧结温度为1300℃时,材料表现出较好的综合性能,抗弯强度达到最大值66.77MPa,一次热震强度剩余率为95.54%,表现出良好的耐高温冰晶石熔盐腐蚀能力;烧结温度超过1300℃时,材料内部缺陷尺寸增加,电解质成分更容易渗入到阳极材料中,耐腐蚀性能下降.     

B4C对M3:2粉末冶金高速钢组织与力学性能的影响

本文以水雾化M3:2高速钢预合金粉末为原料,添加适量碳化硼(B4C)粉末颗粒,球磨混合均匀后,经700 MPa单向压制,1190℃和1230℃真空烧结,制备出了综合性能优良的粉末冶金高速钢(powder metallurgy high-speed steel,PM HSS)材料。通过示差扫描量热分析仪(differential scanning calorimeter,DSC)、X射线衍射仪(X-ray diffractometer,XRD)、电子探针显微分析仪(electro-probe microanalyzer,EPMA)、扫描电子显微镜(scanning electron microscope,SEM)和万能材料试验机等对烧结粉末冶金高速钢进行物相分析、显微结构观察和力学性能测试。结果表明,当添加体积分数为0.3%B4C时,M3:2粉末冶金高速钢的最佳烧结温度可降低约40℃;1190℃烧结温度下,添加体积分数为0.3%B4C的粉末冶金高速钢硬度为HRC 54.1,抗弯强度3074.09 MPa,与达到致密化时未添加B4C的粉末冶金高速钢相比,硬度提升3.6%,抗弯强度提升10.5%。加入的B4C粉末颗粒除了发挥烧结助剂的作用和降低烧结温度外,还会参与合金化,增强材料力学性能。