Materials Science and Engineering

Microstructure and properties of Cu-2Cr-1Nb alloy fabricated by spark plasma sintering

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  • Ya-ke REN1*, Xue-qian Lü1*, Zu-ming LIU1, Bing WEI1, Ting LEI1, Quan LI1, Xiao-bo JI2, Wen-tao DENG2, Yong-kang AI1
1. State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China;
2. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China

Online published: 2022-07-25

Abstract

Cu-2Cr-1Nb alloy was fabricated by spark plasma sintering (SPS) using close coupled argon-atomized alloy powder as the raw material. The optimal SPS parameters obtained using the L9(34) orthogonal test were 950 °C, 50 MPa and 15 min, and the relative density of the as-sintered alloy was 99.8%. The rapid densification of SPS effectively inhibited the growth of the Cr2Nb phase, and the atomized powder microstructure was maintained in the grains of the alloy matrix. Uniformly distributed multi-scale Cr2Nb phases with grain sizes of 0.10-0.40 μm and 20-100 nm and fine grains of alloy matrix with an average size of 3.79 μm were obtained. After heat treatment at 500 °C for 2 h, the room temperature tensile strength, electrical conductivity, and thermal conductivity of the sintered Cu-2Cr-1Nb alloy were 332 MPa, 86.7% (IACS), and 323.1 W/(m·K), respectively, and the high temperature tensile strength (700 °C) was 76 MPa.

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Ya-keREN*,Xue-qianLü*,Zu-mingLIU,BingWEI,TingLEI,QuanLI,Xiao-boJI,Wen-taoDENG,Yong-kangAI . Microstructure and properties of Cu-2Cr-1Nb alloy fabricated by spark plasma sintering[J]. Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China, 2022 , 32(7) : 2276 -2289 . DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(22)65947-8

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