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Solid-state bonding between steel and a Cu alloy was studied to investigate fabrication of advanced bimetallic composites by using spark plasma sintering (SPS). In order to obtain proper bonding strength between the mating materials, Si and Al were alloyed to Cu–Zn brass to enhance interdiffusion with steel. The alloying elements diffused from the Cu alloy to steel, which transformed from the gamma to alpha phase during bonding. Owing to the phase stability of steel, the new columnar microstructure that evolved during the transformation across the joint interface showed high bonding strength between the mating alloys. The samples bonded without fracture, defects, or inhomogeneous deformation. Microstructural observations, elementary mapping, and mechanical testing demonstrated that the SPS technique and specific bonding parameters enhanced the interdiffusion between the metals. This novel method would be well suited to strengthen bonding between two dissimilar metals with different diffusion coefficients.
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Carries on the investigation to the titanium alloy/Cu/stainless steel intermetallic compound of bonding interface in the meantime, to make a thermodynamic model of the interface element diffusion to have a numerical simulation of the diffusion distance and diffusion temperature, time. Using analysis methods of stretching test, microhardness test, SEM and EDS, to investigate and research the mechanical properties, the interface structure characteristic, the principal element atomic diffusion mechanism of joints thermal simulation and the vacuum diffusion bonding of Ti-6Al-4V/Cu/304, the reacting phases are produced and the distribution range . The results show that when bonding prssere is 5.0 MPa ، the joints tensile strength first increase and then decreases, with bonding temperature and time rising, When bonding temperature is 1223K, bonding time is 3.6 ks, there is a maximum tensile strength that is 162.73 MPa. However, it will is disadvantageous to performance of the joints, when bonding temperature and time extended overly. It formed multi-phase transition organizations by solid solution, intermetallic compounds in the bonding interface, such as Ti2Cu, TixCuy , Ti2Fe, TiFe2 and TiFe. Effect of TixFey on strength of the joints is slightly inferior the TixCuy compound. The fracture is mainly by the titanium alloy side region III for the source dehiscence, developing in the weak diffusion layer.
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Impulse pressuring diffusion bonding of a copper alloy to a stainless steel was performed in vacuum. Using Ni interlayer of 12.5 lm, the joint produced at 825 C under 5–20 MPa for 20 min exhibited lower strength, which could result from the insufficient thermal excitation and plastic deformation. At 850 C under 5–20 MPa for 5–20 min, the strength of the joint improved with time. An optimized joint strength reached up to 217.2 MPa. Fracture occurred along the Cu–Ni reaction layer and the Ni layer and almost plastic fracture was confirmed by extensive dimples on the fracture surface. Using the interlayer of 50 lm, the fracture surface was similar. Without Ni assistance, under the same bonding condition, the joint strength was about 174.2 MPa. The lowered strength might be attributed to the appearance of some unbonded zones in the joint. Lots of brittle fracture areas appeared on the fracture surface.
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Die casting is a manufacturing process that can produce geometrically complex metal parts through the use of reusable molds, called dies. The die casting process involves the use of a furnace, metal, die casting machine, and die. The metal, typically a non-ferrous alloy such as aluminum or zinc, is melted in the furnace and then injected into the dies in the die casting machine. There are two main types of die casting machines - hot chamber machines (used for alloys with low melting temperatures, such as zinc) and cold chamber machines (used for alloys with high melting temperatures, such as aluminum). The differences between these machines will be detailed in the sections on equipment and tooling. However, in both machines, after the molten metal is injected into the dies, it rapidly cools and solidifies into the final part, called the casting. The steps in this process are described in greater detail in the next section.
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A mixture of HfC and Itc powders and a (Hf,Ti)C powder have been hot pressed with 4wt% Ni , In the absence of Ni the hot pressed temperature was 2000 C and in the presence of Ni 1650 C . The pressure of 30 MPa was applied in both cases . The starting powders were substoichiometric as deduced from XRD spectra analyses , and the (Hf,Ti)C powders consisted of a range of composition , as indicated by the width of the XRD peaks. In the absence of Ni the powders sintered without the formation of a liquid phase.In the case of HfC and TiC mixture , high – energy dry milled HfC + TiC +C black powder sintering occurred with simultaneous formation of (Hf,Ti)C Solid solution . In the presence of Ni,sintering occurred with the formation of a liquid phase . the volume fraction of the liquid phase formed was sufficieng to yield a low porosity . grain growth was less than in the case of material sintered without Ni,Probably just on account of lower sintering temperature . In the case of high – energy dry milled the reduction in particle size was observed.
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For improving the mechanical properties of tungsten, HfC–W composites were fabricated by ball milling and spark plasma sintering process. Themicrostructure andmechanical properties of the compositeswere investigated. The interdiffusion of the Hf and Watoms during sintering produced a mixed carbide, identified as (Hf,W)C. This interfacial mixed carbide helped in developing a good interface joint with the adjacentW matrix. The increase in mechanical properties of the HfC–W composite at room temperature as well as high temperature was attributed to the reinforcement effect of the HfC particles. One of the strengthening mechanisms of the composite can be attributed to the formation of mixed carbide (Hf,W)C by interdiffusion at the interface, which assured the effective load transfer from the Wmatrix to the hard HfC particles.
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Nearly fully dense carbides of zirconium, hafnium, and tantalum were obtained by pressureless sintering at 1950 ◦C with the addition of 5–20 vol% of MoSi2. Increasing the amount of sintering aid, the final density increased too, thanks to the formation of small amounts of liquid phase constituted by M-Mo-Si-O-C, where M is either Zr, Hf, or Ta. The matrices of the composites obtained with the standard procedure showed faceted squared grains; when an ultrasonication step was introduced in the powder treatment, the grains were more rounded and no exaggerated grains growth occurred. Other secondary phases observed in the microstructure were SiC and mixed silicides of the transition metals. Among the three carbides prepared by pressurless sintering, TaC-based composites had the highest mechanical properties at room temperature (strength 590 MPa, Young’s modulus 480 GPa, toughness 3.8MPa·m1/2). HfC-basedmaterials showed the highest sinterability (in terms of final density versus amount of sintering aid) and the highest high-temperature strength (300 MPa at 1500 ◦C).
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The purpose of this article is to study the growth rate of intermetallic compounds at the welded interface of Al/Cu bimetal were produced by compound casting process. The mechanism of the intermetallic compounds (IMCs) formations, the effects of aluminum pouring temperature and copper preheating temperature on the IMCs types and thickness were investigated and Al/Cu interface microstructure, were characterized by optical microscope (OM) and electron probe micro-analyzer (EPMA). Results show that the interface is consist of three main layers, the first Layer (I) is α-Al/Al2Cu eutectic structure, the second layer (II) is Al2Cu and the third layer (III) consists of the several intermetallic compounds such as AlCu, Al3Cu4, Al2Cu3, Al4Cu9. The first layer was formed by Al and Cu dissolving in liquid phase and rapid solidification, then the second layer II was formed by nucleation and growth mechanism at solid/liquid interface and finally the layer III was formed by solid-state phase diffusion. Raising the Al melt pouring temperature and preheating Cu leads to increase of the intermetallic compounds thickness at interface and consequently increases the specific electrical resistance and decreases the Al/Cu bond strength. From experiments, it is proposed that the bond strength is dominated by the thicknesses of layer II and III.
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In this study, diffusion coef®cients of acetone, benzene, chloroform, cyclohexane and methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) in polyisobutylene (PIB) have been measured at temperatures in the range 40± 70°C using capillary column inverse gas chromatography (CCIGC). The measured diffusion coef®cients for the PIB/MEK system, considered to be at in®nite dilution of the solvent, agree very well with those determined previously from gravimetric and spectroscopic techniques when extrapolated to the limit of zero MEK concentration. The Vrentas±Duda free-volume theory for diffusion is used to correlate the diffusivity data at in®nite dilution as a function of temperature, and the effect of solvent size on the diffusion process in PIB is studied. In addition, diffusion coef®cients of MEK/toluene and MEK/ethanol mixtures in PIB have been measured at 50°C. The CCIGC model for binary systems is used to determine diffusion coef®cients for each solvent individually over a wide range of mixture compositions. The resulting values are identical to those determined from pure component data, con®rming the hypothesis that the diffusion coef®cient at in®nite dilution is independent of a second in®nitely-dilute component, with or without solvation between mixture components.
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In this paper the investigation of r.f.-sputter-deposited Ta, Ta-N and Ta-N-O thin Ðlms is presented. Using atomic force microscopy in combination with sheet resistance measurements, Auger electron spectroscopy and x-ray diffraction, the thin Ðlm properties and microstructure are examined. Two crystalline modiÐcations of Ta (tetragonal b-Ta and bcc a-Ta) are reported. By incorporation of nitrogen and/or oxygen into the Ta Ðlms, nanocrystalline and quasi-amorphous structures can be achieved. Finally, the usefulness of the Ðlms as di†usion barriers in Cu-based metallization systems is described. ( 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.