Contact formation during the liquid-phase sintering of Fe-Cu and Cu-P alloy powders

Conclusions During the liquid-phase sintering of Fe-Cu and Cu-P alloy powders a dominant role in the formation of particle contact structure is played by capillary forces, which ensure migration of the liquid phase along the grain boundaries of the solid phase. In the course of prior heat treatment of these alloy powders emergence of the liquid phase to their surfaces under the influence of excess intergranular pressure is favored energetically.Translated from Poroshkovaya Metallurgiya, No. 12(276), pp. 33–37, December, 1985.