EFFECTS OF SIZE COMBINATION AND CONTACTING STATE OF RAW POWDER PARTICLES ON SPARK PLASMA SINTERED ULTRAFINE CEMENTED CARBIDES

本文采用亚微米WC粉和纳米Co粉、亚微米WC粉和高能球磨后具有纳米晶组织的微米级Co粉这两种具有不同粒径匹配的混合粉末作为原料粉末，利用放电等离子烧结（SPS）技术制备超细晶WC-10Co硬质合金。对不同原料粉末的SPS过程及烧结试样的显微组织和性能进行了系统的对比分析。实验结果表明，以两种混合粉末为原料均获得了平均晶粒尺寸在200nm以下的超细硬质合金材料，其中，采用亚微米WC粉和高能球磨的微米级Co粉利用SPS技术制备的材料相对密度达到98%以上，硬度达到HRA94.5，断裂韧性达到13.50MPa•m1/2，表明具有优良的综合性能。而采用亚微米WC粉和纳米Co粉利用SPS技术制备出的超细晶硬质合金的组织均匀性和性能较差。根据SPS技术的特殊烧结机理，对采用不同粒径匹配和结合状态的WC和Co混合粉末的SPS致密化机制进行了分析。     

中国超细晶硬质合金及原料制备技术进展

超细晶硬质合金是WC晶粒度≤0．5μm的硬质合金,这类合金具有高强度和高硬度的优异性能。目前由超细晶硬质合金制备的高效刀具已经广泛用于航空航天、核能、汽车、发电设备、新能源和电子通讯等现代制造业。主要对中国超细晶硬质合金原料（例如超细碳化钨粉、钴粉、复合粉）和超细晶硬质合金制备技术、性能及表征方法作了系统的阐述。最后对超细晶硬质合金制备技术进行了展望。     

原料粉末粒径匹配对放电等离子烧结制备的超细WC-Co硬质合金性能的影响

采用亚微米WC粉和纳米Co粉以及亚微米WC粉和微米Co粉的混合粉末作为原料,利用放电等离子烧结(SPS)技术制备超细晶WC-10Co硬质合金.对比研究表明,以两种混合粉末为原料均获得了平均晶粒尺寸约为200 nm的超细硬质合金材料.其中,采用微米Co粉制备的材料的相对密度达到98.0%以上,硬度HRA达到94.5,断裂韧性达到13.50 MPa·m1/2,具有优良的综合性能;而采用纳米Co粉制备的硬质合金的组织均匀性和性能较差.根据SPS技术的烧结机理,对混合粉末的致密化机制进行了分析.     

超细/纳米晶无黏结相WC硬质合金的研究进展

无黏结相WC硬质合金（Binderless tungsten carbide,BTC）因具有传统硬质合金无可比拟的优异耐磨性、抗腐蚀性、极佳的抛光性和抗氧化性,在耐冲蚀、高耐磨的工具、精细刀具以及石油、页岩气开采等领域有很好的应用前景。超细/纳米晶BTC制备的关键问题之一是如何控制WC晶粒的长大,本文从超细/纳米WC粉末的制备技术、BTC材料成分设计及成型工艺和烧结技术等方面对超细/纳米晶BTC的相关研究成果进行综述,强调了原料WC粒度、第二相化合物添加、先进成型工艺和烧结技术在BTC致密化过程中的关键作用,对比了不同成分体系、不同烧结工艺下超细/纳米晶BTC材料的性能差异;指出超细/纳米晶BTC制备过程中存在的主要问题为致密化和强韧化,可通过已开发的多种先进烧结技术及第二相增强增韧技术来解决,但尚未实现工业化应用;最后,阐明了超细/纳米晶BTC的发展趋势为在低温低压下获得更细的致密烧结体。     

纳米WC-6%Co复合粉的放电等离子烧结研究

以水溶液化学法制备的WC-6%Co纳米复合粉体为原料,利用放电等离子烧结(spark plasma singtering,SPS)技术制备了超细硬质合金。研究了烧结温度对硬质合金显微组织和力学性能的影响,分析了纳米粉体烧结的致密化过程。结果表明:随着烧结温度的升高,烧结致密性、硬度和断裂韧性都呈现先增加后降低的变化趋势,在升温速度为100℃/min,烧结温度为1 250℃,保温时间5 min,压力为30 MPa的工艺条件下,利用SPS技术可制备综合力学性能良好的超细晶硬质合金,平均晶粒大小为420 nm,维氏硬度为1 969 HV30,断裂韧性为10.7 MPa·m~(1/2)。     

纳米材料在硬质合金中的应用

WC晶粒不断细化是硬质合金发展的一个重要特征。从硬质合金的纳米原料、纳米硬质合金、纳米材料助长或增强超粗晶硬质合金以及硬质合金的纳米涂层材料等4个方面论述了纳米材料在硬质合金中的应用,着重报道了中国在这些方面的优势。纳米粒径原料的制备是首要难题,1997年发明的“紫钨原位还原”技术利用传统工艺制备纳米、超细碳化钨粉末,碳化钨粉的粒径可小于20 nm。纳米硬质合金技术利用低压热等静压或热等静压,克服了烧结过程中 WC异常长大的难题,制备100～200 nm纳米硬质合金,抗弯强度在5000 MPa以上,使用性能优于亚微或超细晶硬质合金,已用于生产。利用“纳米颗粒溶解法”制备的超粗晶硬质合金晶粒度可达12μm;而含有纳米Co2 W4 C增强相的超粗晶硬质合金产品,使用寿命比普通合金产品提高了2～3倍。涂层材料纳米化,是硬质合金工具的一个发展方向,在耐磨性、硬度和抗裂纹扩展方面有明显优势,加工工件表面质量更好,工具使用寿命更长。     

纳米硬质合金的弹性模量（英文）

本文的研究目的是获得纳米晶WC-Co硬质合金的弹性模量,并分析其弹性模量不同于常规微米硬质合金的原因。采用放电等离子烧结(SPS)方法制备纳米晶硬质合金,分别采用SPS烧结和低压烧结(sinter-HIP)制备常规微米晶硬质合金。烧结试样的显微组织和WC晶粒尺寸采用X射线衍射技术、扫描电镜、透射电镜及旋进电子衍射技术进行表征。弹性模量采用纳米压痕技术中的连续刚度法进行测量,并取其稳定区域的平均值得到。结果表明,与SPS制备的微米级硬质合金相比,纳米晶WC-Co硬质合金的弹性模量较小,可能与界面含量增多和放电等离子烧结过程的快速加热和冷却造成合金钴相中hcp-Co含量增多有关。     

碳化帆颗粒尺寸对纳米晶硬质合金组织和性能的影响

利用原位还原碳化反应制备纳米尺度的WC-Co复合粉体,应用放电等离子烧结(SPS)技术制备出纳米晶WC-Co硬质合金块体材料。分析了晶粒长大抑制剂碳化钒(VC)颗粒尺寸对纳米晶硬质合金的显微组织、晶粒尺寸及分布和力学性能的影响。结果表明:当VC的粒径减小到100 nm以下时,利用快速烧结技术可制备得到平均晶粒尺寸约为70 nm的致密WC-Co硬质合金块体材料,其物相纯净,晶粒尺寸分布均匀,维氏硬度为19.84 GPa,断裂韧性达到12.10 MPa·m1/2。     

VC和碳含量对超细晶硬质合金室温和高温性能的影响

以原位还原碳化技术制备的WC-8Co复合粉和VC粉末为原料,采用低压烧结技术制备出超细晶硬质合金。系统研究了VC添加量和复合粉中碳含量对硬质合金的相组成、显微组织、室温和高温力学性能的影响。结果表明:硬质合金的晶粒尺寸、硬度和断裂韧性主要受VC添加量的影响,且随VC添加量的增加呈单调变化;抗弯强度随VC添加量的变化趋势与碳含量有关;压缩强度随温度的变化呈现先降低后升高的趋势;当WC-Co复合粉的碳含量为5.60%～5.68%(质量分数)、VC添加量不超过0.5%时,可分别制备出室温抗弯强度为4482MPa和600℃下抗压缩强度为4914MPa的高综合性能的超细晶硬质合金。基于微观组织特征的分析,结合弹-塑性有限元模型对应力分布的模拟,对超细晶硬质合金力学性能的变化规律及影响机理进行了分析。     

SPS烧结WC-5%Co纳米复合粉硬质合金

采用喷雾干燥、流态化床化学转化法生产的WC-5%Co纳米复合粉为原料,研究了放电等离子体烧结(SPS)对超细硬质合金显微结构和性能的影响,同时对SPS烧结、低压烧结、真空烧结等三种工艺进行了比较。结果表明:采用SPS烧结可以在较低的温度下实现超细硬质合金的固相烧结,使合金快速致密化,当1170℃保温6min、压力为50MPa时合金可以获得最好的力学性能;其显微硬度HV30、抗弯强度、断裂韧性分别为1870、3230MPa、10.96MPa/m1/2。低压烧结可促进颗粒在液相中重排,硬质合金压坯经8MPa、1410℃、保温45min烧结,也可以获得比较好的力学性能;而传统真空烧结,合金孔隙度比较高,晶粒不均匀,性能较差。     

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.     

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.     

Thermodynamics Study on the Decomposition of Chromite with KOH

Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, has proposed a method for oxidative leaching of chromite with potassium hydroxide. Understanding the mechanism of chromite decomposition, especially in the potassium hydroxide fusion, is important for the optimization of the operating parameters of the oxidative leaching process. A traditional thermodynamic method is proposed and the thermal decomposition and the reaction decomposition during the oxidative leaching of chromite with KOH and oxygen is discussed, which suggests that chromite is mainly destroyed by reactions with KOH and oxygen. Meanwhile, equilibrium of the main reactions of the above process was calculated at different temperatures and oxygen partial pressures. The stable zones of productions, namely, K2CrO4 and Fe2O3, increase with the decrease of temperature, which indicates that higher temperature is not beneficial to thermodynamic reactions. In addition, a comparison of the general alkali methods is carried out, and it is concluded that the KOH leaching process is thermodynamically superior to the conventional chromate production process.     

Influence of Heat Treatment on Damping Behaviour of the Magnesium Wrought Alloy AZ61

The effect of isochronal heat treatments for 1h on variation of damping, hardness and microstructural change of the magnesium wrought alloy AZ61 was investigated. Damping and hardness behaviour could be attributed to the evolution of precipitation process. The influence of precipitation on damping behaviour was explained in the framework of the dislocation string model of Granato and Lücke.     

Effect of Rare Earth Doping on Impedance,Modulus and Conductivity Properties of Multiferroic Composites:0.5(BiLa_xFe_(1-x)O_3)–0.5(PbTiO_3)

The Lanthanum-doped bismuth ferrite–lead titanate compositions of 0.5(Bi LaxFe1-xO3)–0.5(Pb Ti O3)(x = 0.05,0.10,0.15,0.20)(BLxF1-x-PT) were prepared by mixed oxide method.Structural characterization was performed by X-ray diffraction and shows a tetragonal structure at room temperature.The lattice parameter c/a ratio decreases with increasing of La(x = 0.05–0.20) concentration of the composites.The effect of charge carrier/ion hopping mechanism,conductivity,relaxation process and impedance parameters was studied using an impedance analyzer in a wide frequency range(102–106Hz) at different temperatures.The nature of Nyquist plot confirms the presence of bulk effects only,and non-Debye type of relaxation processes occurs in the composites.The electrical modulus exhibits an important role of the hopping mechanism in the electrical transport process of the materials.The ac conductivity and dc conductivity of the materials were studied,and the activation energy found to be 0.81,0.77,0.76 and 0.74 e V for all compositions of x = 0.05–0.20 at different temperatures(200–300 °C).     

Quantitative Analysis of the Crystallographic Orientation Relationship Between the Martensite and Austenite in Quenching–Partitioning–Tempering Steels

The orientation relationships(ORs)between the martensite and the retained austenite in low-and medium-carbon steels after quenching–partitioning–tempering process were studied in this work.The ORs in the studied steels are identified by selected-area electron diffraction(SAED)as either K–S or N–W ORs.Meanwhile,the ORs were also studied based on numerical fitting of electron backscatter diffraction data method suggested by Miyamoto.The simulated K–S and N–W ORs in the low-index directions generally do not well coincide with the experimental pole figure,which may be attributed to both the orientation spread from the ideal variant orientations and high symmetry of the low-index directions.However,the simulated results coincide well with experimental pole figures in the high-index directions{123}_(bcc).A modified method with simplicity based on Miyamoto’s work was proposed.The results indicate that the ORs determined by modified method are similar to those determined by Miyamoto’method,that is,the OR is near K–S OR for the low-carbon Q–P–T steel,and with the increase of carbon content,the OR is closer to N–W OR in medium-carbon Q–P–T steel.     

Using Finite Element and Contour Method to Evaluate Residual Stress in Thick Ti-6Al-4V Alloy Welded by Electron Beam Welding

This work was to reveal the residual stress profile in electron beam welded Ti-6Al-4V alloy plates(50 mm thick) by using finite element and contour measurement methods.A three-dimensional finite element model of 50-mmthick titanium component was proposed,in which a column–cone combined heat source model was used to simulate the temperature field and a thermo-elastic–plastic model to analyze residual stress in a weld joint based on ABAQUS software.Considering the uncertainty of welding simulation,the computation was calibrated by experimental data of contour measurement method.Both test and simulated results show that residual stresses on the surface and inside the weld zone are significantly different and present a narrow and large gradient feature in the weld joint.The peak tensile stress exceeds the yield strength of base materials inside weld,which are distinctly different from residual stress of the thin Ti-6Al-4V alloy plates presented in references before.     

Microstructures and Tensile Properties of Ultrafine-Grained Ni–(1–3.5) wt% SiC_(NP) Composites Prepared by a Powder Metallurgy Route

Silicon carbide nanoparticle-reinforced nickel-based composites(Ni–Si CNP),with a Si CNPcontent ranged from1 to 3.5 wt%,were prepared using mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering.In addition,unreinforced pure nickel samples were also prepared for comparative purposes.To characterize the microstructural properties of both the unreinforced pure nickel and the Ni–Si CNPcomposites transmission electron microscopy(TEM) was used,while their mechanical behavior was investigated using the Vickers pyramid method for hardness measurements and a universal tensile testing machine for tensile tests.TEM results showed an array of dislocation lines decorated in the sintered pure nickel sample,whereas,for the Ni–Si CNPcomposites,the presence of nano-dispersed Si CNPand twinning crystals was observed.These homogeneously distributed Si CNPwere found located either within the matrix,between twins or on grain boundaries.For the Ni–Si CNPcomposites,coerced coarsening of the Si CNPassembly occurred with increasing Si CNPcontent.Furthermore,the grain sizes of the Ni–Si CNPcomposites were much finer than that of the unreinforced pure nickel,which was considered to be due to the composite ball milling process.In all cases,the Ni–Si CNPcomposites showed higher strengths and hardness values than the unreinforced pure nickel,likely due to a combination of dispersion strengthening(Orowan effects) and particle strengthening(Hall–Petch effects).For the Ni–Si CNPcomposites,the strength increased initially and then decreased as a function of Si CNPcontent,whereas their elongation percentages decreased linearly.Compared to all materials tested,the Ni–Si CNPcomposite containing 1.5% Si C was found more superior considering both their strength and plastic properties.     

Directional Growth of Tin Crystals Controlled by Combined Solute Concentration Gradient Field and Static Magnetic Field

A new method was introduced to achieve directional growth of Sn crystals. Microstructures in liquid(Pb)/liquid(Sn) diffusion couples were investigated under various static magnetic fields. Results show that the β-Sn crystals mainly reveal an irregular dendritic morphology without or with a relatively low static magnetic field(B0.3 T). When the magnetic field is increased to 0.5 T, the β-Sn dendrites close to the final stage of growth begin to show some directional character. With a further increase in the magnetic field to a higher level(0.8–5 T), the β-Sn dendrites have an enhanced directional growth character, but the dendrites show a certain deflection. As the magnetic field is increased to 12 T, the directional growth of the β-Sn dendrites in the center of the couple is severely destroyed. The mechanism of the directional growth of the β-Sn crystals and the deflection of the β-Sn crystals with the application of static magnetic field was tentatively discussed.     

电化学噪声数据处理方法概述

综述了常见的电化学噪声数据处理方法,介绍了直流趋势剔除、统计分析、快速傅立叶变换(FFT)法计算功率谱密度(PSD)以及小波变换处理电化学噪声信号的基本过程,并阐释了各种数学处理及所得参数的物理意义。