scholarly journals Microstructures and mechanical properties of tungsten-tantalum alloys consolidated by electron beam melting, hot pressing and spark plasma sintering

Author(s):  
F Dong ◽  
Y Chen ◽  
Z Bai ◽  
H Wang ◽  
L Jiang
2011 ◽  
Vol 52-54 ◽  
pp. 2197-2202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darwin Sebayang ◽  
Deni S. Khaerudini ◽  
Hendi Saryanto ◽  
M.A. Othman ◽  
Mat Husin Saleh ◽  
...  

This paper investigates the efficiency of two consolidation processing techniques prepared by spark plasma sintering (SPS) and hot pressing (HP) which allow obtaining fully dense nanostructured materials. FeCr powders were sintered by using spark plasma sintering (SPS) and hot pressing (HP) sintering techniques over sintering temperature up to 1000oC. The microstructures of the sintered end-products were characterized by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). X-rays diffraction line profile analysis was adopted to analyze the crystallite size of starting and sintered FeCr using Williamson–Hall method. The density of the sintered specimens was measured by using the Archimedes method. The result indicated that the dense specimen with relative similar density and approaching the equilibrium state obtained in shorter time and lower sintering temperature by spark plasma sintering compared to conventional hot pressing. The FeCr specimen prepared by SPS showed more effective to retain nanocrystalline and better mechanical properties than those prepared by HP. The diffraction investigation revealed that the grain growth was not significant in SPS process compared to HP, which would enhance the mechanical properties of the SPS sintered FeCr.


2014 ◽  
Vol 602-603 ◽  
pp. 380-383
Author(s):  
Chao He ◽  
Xiao Fei Shi ◽  
Xin Yan Yue ◽  
Jiang Jun Wang ◽  
Hong Qiang Ru

SiAlON-cBN composites with different contents of cBN were consolidated by spark plasma sintering (SPS) at 1450°C using Y2O3, B2O3 and Al as additives. The effect of cBN content on the density, phase compositions, microstructures and mechanical properties of β-SiAlON-cBN composites was investigated. With increasing the cBN content, the density and hardness of β-SiAlON-cBN composites decreased. Fracture toughness could increase thanks to the crack deflection resulted from the cBN particles. For β-SiAlON-10 wt% cBN composites, the optimum hardness and highest relative density were 13 GPa and 96.4 %, respectively. For β-SiAlON-40 wt% cBN composites, the highest fracture toughness was KIC = 5.3 MPa∙m1/2.


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