Mechanical and corrosion properties of full liquid phase sintered WE43 magnesium alloy specimens fabricated via binder jetting additive manufacturing

This study investigates full liquid phase sintering as a process of fabrication parts from WE43(Mg-4wt.%Y-3wt.%RE-0.7wt.%Zr)alloy using binder jetting additive manufacturing(BJAM).This fabrication process is being developed for use in producing structural or biomedical devices.Specifically,this study focused on achieving a near-dense microstructure with WE43 Mg alloy while substantially reducing the duration of sintering post-processing after BJAM part rendering.The optimal process resulted in microstructure with 2.5%porosity and significantly reduced sintering time.The improved sintering can be explained by the presence of Y_(2)O_(3)and Nd_(2)O_(3)oxide layers,which form spontaneously on the surface of WE43 powder used in BJAM.These layers appear to be crucial in preventing shape distortion of the resulting samples and in enabling the development of sintering necks,particularly under sintering conditions exceeding the liquidus temperature of WE43 alloy.Sintered WE43 specimens rendered by BJAM achieved significant improvement in both corrosion resistance and mechanical properties through reduced porosity levels related to the sintering time.

Liquid Phase Sintering (LPS) and Dielectric Constant of α-Silicon Nitride Ceramic

The spark plasma sintering （SPS） was applied to prepare α-Si3 N4 ceramics of different densities with magnesia, silicon dioxide, alumina as the sintering aids. The mechanism of liquid phase sintering （LPS） wus discussed and the factors influencing the density of the prepared samples were analyzed. The dielectric constant of sintered samples was tested. The experimental results show that the density can be controlled from 2.48 g/ cm^3 to 3.09 g/ cm^3 while the content of the sintering aids and the sintering temperature alter and the dielectric constant is closely dependent on the density of obtained samples.

Microstructure and properties of liquid-phase sintered tungsten heavy alloys by using ultra-fine tungsten powders

The microstructure and properties of liquid-phase sintered 93W-4.9Ni-2.1Fe tungsten heavy alloys using ultra-fine tungsten powders (medium particle size of 700 nm) and original tungsten powders (medium particle size of 3 μm) were investigated respectively. Commercial tungsten powders (original tungsten powders) were mechanically milled in a high-energy attritor mill for 35 h. Ultra-fine tungsten powders and commercial Ni, Fe powders were consolidated into green compacts by using CIP method and liquid-phase sintering at 1 465 ℃ for 30 min in the dissociated ammonia atmosphere. Liquid-phase sintered tungsten heavy alloys using ultra-fine tungsten powders exhibit full densification (above 99% in relative density) and higher strength and elongation compared with conventional liquid-phase sintered alloys using original tungsten powders due to lower sintering temperature at 1 465 ℃ and short sintering time. The mechanical properties of sintered tungsten heavy alloy are found to be mainly dependent on the particles size of raw tungsten powders and liquid-phase sintering temperature.

Kinetic characteristics of liquid phase sintering of mechanically activated W-15wt%Cu powder

The kinetic characteristics of W grain growth operated by diffusion controlled Oswald ripening （DOR） during liquid phase sintering were studied. A liquid phase sintering of W-15wt%Cu was carried out by pushing compacts into a furnace at the moment when the temperature increased to 1340℃ for different sintering times. The results show that liquid phase sintering produces the compacts with considerably low relative density and inversely, rather high homogeneity. On the basis of the data extracted from the SEM images, the kinetic equation of W grain growth, G^n = G0^n ＋ kt, is determined in which the grain growth exponent n is 3 and the grain growth rate constant k is 0.15 μm^3/s. The cumulative normalized grain size distributions produced by different sintering times show self-similar. The cumulative distribution function is extracted from the curves by non-linear fitting. In addition, the sintering kinetic characteristics of W-15wt%Cu compacts were also investigated.

Influence of gangue existing states in iron ores on the formation and flow of liquid phase during sintering

Gangue existing states largely affect the high-temperature characteristics of iron ores. Using a micro-sintering method and scan- ning electron microscopy, the effects of gangue content, gangue type, and gangue size on the assimilation characteristics and fluidity of liquid phase of five different iron ores were analyzed in this study. Next, the mechanism based on the reaction between gangues and sintering mate- dais was unraveled. The results show that, as the SiO2 levels increase in the iron ores, the lowest assimilation temperature （LAT） decreases, whereas the index of fluidity of liquid phase （IFL） increases. Below 1.5wt%, Al2O3 benefits the assimilation reaction, but higher concentra- tions proved detrimental. Larger quartz particles increase the SiO2 levels at the local reaction interface between the iron ore and CaO, thereby reducing the LAT. Quartz-gibbsite is more conductive to assimilation than kaolin. Quartz-gibbsite and kaolin gangues encourage the forma- tion of liquid-phase low-Al2O3-SFCA with high IFL and high-Al2O3-SFCA with low IFL, respectively.

Mineral-phase evolution and sintering behavior of MO–SiO_2–Al_2O_3–B_2O_3 (M = Ca,Ba) glass-ceramics by low-temperature liquid-phase sintering

In this work, network former SiO_2 and network intermediate Al_2O_3 were introduced into typical low-melting binary compositions CaO·B_2O_3, CaO·2B_2O_3, and BaO·B_2O_3 via an aqueous solid-state suspension milling route. Accordingly, multiple-phase aluminosilicate glass-ceramics were directly obtained via liquid-phase sintering at temperatures below 950°C. On the basis of liquid-phase sintering theory, mineral-phase evolutions and glass-phase formations were systematically investigated in a wide MO–SiO_2–Al_2O_3–B_2O_3(M = Ca, Ba) composition range. The results indicate that major mineral phases of the aluminosilicate glass-ceramics are Al_(20)B_4O_(36), CaAl_2Si_2O_8, and BaAl_2Si_2O_8 and that the glass-ceramic materials are characterized by dense microstructures and excellent dielectric properties.

粉末高速钢SLPS的研究进展

粉末高速钢的制备关键是提高烧结性和控制显微组织,分析了影响粉末高速钢超固相线液相烧结的几个关键参数,包括合金元素、烧结窗、C 含量和 C(T_E)点,阐明了化学成分、烧结温度和烧结气氛对显微组织的影响,最后指出了粉末高速钢研究的发展方向。

Preparation and Characterization of Titania Microspheres and Their Application in a Liquid Chromatography Stationary Phase

Titania microspheres were synthesized using hydrothermal methods to exploit a new liquid chromatography stationary phase. The prepared titania microspheres were approximately 7 μm in diameter, and the particle size distribution was relatively narrow and uniform. Furthermore, the average specific surface area was 276.0 m2·g·1, the average pore volume was approximately 0.25 mL·g·1, and the pore diameter was approximately 35.9 nm for sintering titania microspheres. These parameters indicate that the titania microspheres prepared for this study have excellent surface properties for chromatography. Additionally, columns filled with the titania microspheres were able to separate basic compounds, including benzene, nitrobenzene and o-nitroanisole. It could be proposed that the titania microspheres prepared for this study would be a promising stationary phase for liquid chromatography.

Microstructure and mechanical properties of liquid phase sintered silicon carbide composites

Silicon carbide (SiC) composites were prepared by hot-press sintering from α-SiC starting powders with BaAl2Si2O8 (BAS). The effects of additives on densification, microstructure, flexural strength, and fracture behavior of the liquid phase sintered (LPS) SiC composites were investigated. The results show that the served BAS effectively promotes the densification of SiC composites. The flexural strength and fracture toughness of the SiC composites can reach a maximum value of 454 MPa and 5.1 MPa·m1/2, respectively, for 40% (w/w) BAS/SiC composites. SiC grain pullout, crack deflection, and crack bridging were main toughening mechanisms for the sintered composites.

Effect of Sm-rich liquid phase on magnetic properties and microstructures of sintered 2:17-type Sm-Co magnet

The effect of Sm-rich liquid phase （Sm2Co3） on magnetic properties and microstructure of 2：17-type Sin-Co magnet was studied. Three phases existed in liquid phase ingot, and took on white, dark grey and grey, respectively. It was found that the composition of the grey area was similar to the nominal one. Our results indicated that the optimal composition was obtained at 3 wt.% liquid phase added, and the magnetic properties were B^I 1.58 kGs, Hci〉26 kOe, （BH）m=29.51 MGOe. Br increased by 3%, Hci was 13 times larger, and （B/-/）m was 6 times bigger than none liquid phase magnets. Moreover, with the aging time decreasing from 20 to 8 h, the squareness of the demagnetization curves got better, while the coercivity of the samples decreased. It revealed that Sm（Co,Cu）5 phase also precipitated at particle boundaries. It maybe also enhanced the coercivity.

Effect of Additives on the Sintering of Amorphous Nano-sized Silicon Nitride Powders

Amorphous nano-sized silicon nitride powders were sintered by liquid phase sintering. The influences of the additives of Y2O3 and Al2O3 prepared by two different ways, the polyacrylamide gel method and the precipitation method, were investigated. The grain sizes of the additives prepared by the first method were finer than those of prepared by the latter method. When sintered at the same temperature, 1700 ℃, the average grain size of the silicon nitride is 0.3 um for the sample with the former additives, which is much finer than the one with the latter additives. The density of additives prepared by precipitation method is clearly lower than those of prepared by polyacrylamide gel method.

Effect of Mg composition on sintering behaviors and mechanical properties of Al-Cu-Mg alloy

Al-3Cu-Mg alloy was fabricated by the powder metallurgy(P/M) processes. Air-atomized powders of each alloying element were blended with various Mg contents(0.5%, 1.5%, and 2.5%, mass fraction). The compaction pressure was selected to achieve the elastic deformation, local plastic deformation, and plastic deformation of powders, respectively, and the sintering temperatures for each composition were determined, where the liquid phase sintering of Cu is dominant. The microstructural analysis of sintered materials was performed using optical microscope(OM) and scanning electron microscope(SEM) to investigate the sintering behaviors and fracture characteristics. The transverse rupture strength(TRS) of sintered materials decreased with greater Mg content(Al-3Cu-2.5Mg). However, Al-3Cu-0.5Mg alloy exhibited moderate TRS but higher specific strength than Al-3Cu without Mg addition.

Directional migration behavior of cerium during sintering process of mischmetal doped cemented carbide

Three observation methods were used to investigate the existing form and the behavior of rare earth during the sintering process of high activity mischmetal （RE, with lanthanum and cerium） doped WC-8%Co-0.048%RE（mass fraction） alloy with low carbon-containing level by scanning electron microscopy （SEM） and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy （EDXS）, considering the fact that the addition amount of rare earth in the alloy is very minute. The directional migration process and mechanism of cerium were discussed. First, the sinter skin （surface） is observed. oxide on the sinter skin, and lanthanum in these cerium observed, and lanthanum containing phase/micro-zone in It is shown that there exists a dispersedly distributed cerium containing enrichment positions is very minute. Secondly, the polished section is the alloy is identified. Finally, based on the fact that the fracture of cemented carbide is resulted from the heterogeneous phase or other defects within the microstructure, the fracture surface is observed and cerium containing phase/micro-zone in the fracture source approximately 260 μm from the surface is identified. These combined observations reveal adequately the fact that lanthanum and cerium get separated and cerium predominantly migrates towards the surface during the sintering process.

Microstructural evolution during direct laser sintering of multi-component Cu-based metal powder

A multi-component Cu-based metal powder was chosen for direct laser sintering. The powder consists of a mixture of high-purity Cu powder, pre-alloyed CuSn and CuP powder. Liquid phase sintering with complete melting of the binder (CuSn) but non-melting of the cores of structural metal (Cu) proves to be a feasible mechanism for laser sintering of this powder system. The microstructural evolution of the sintered powder with variation of laser processing parameters was presented. High sintering activities and sound densification response were obtained by optimizing the laser powers and scan speeds. Using a high laser power accompanied by a high scan speed gives rise to balling effect. At a high laser power with a slow scan speed the sintering mechanism may change into complete melting/solidification, which decreases the obtainable sintered density. The role of additive phosphorus in the laser sintering process is addressed. Phosphorus can act as a fluxing agent and has a preferential reaction with oxygen to form phosphatic slag, protecting the Cu particles from oxidation. The phosphatic slag shows a concentration along grain boundaries due to its light mass as well as the short thermal cycle of SLS.

SINTERING BEHAVIOR OF Cu-Al ALLOY POWDER

The dynamic behaviour of transient liquid phase during sintering 5wt% Al-Cu alloy compacts with green density of 7.56g/cn￣3 is observed by means of high temperature metallographic microscopy. The structures and precipitating order of the phases are identified by means of DTA, TEM and composion analysis at the definite point and phase diagram. The results show that little Al-rich liquid phase resulting from eutectic reaction flows into the capillaries in Cu powder, because the peritectic reactions exhausts the liquid in high density compact,the composition homogenization needs longer sintering time. The remainder γ2-phase is discovered at place of the neck of sintered Cu particle and has a crystallographic relationship of (111)_(Cu)∥(033)_γ_2 after alloy is sintered at 900 ℃for 3h.

One step sintering of homogenized bauxite raw material and kinetic study

A one-step sintering process of bauxite raw material from direct mining was completed, and the kinetics of this process was analyzed thoroughly. The results show that the sintering kinetics of bauxite raw material exhibits the liquid-phase sintering behavior. A small portion of impurities existed in the raw material act as a liquid phase. After X-ray diffraction analyses, scanning electron microscopy observations, and kinetics calculations, sintering temperature and heating duration were determined as the two major factors contributing to the sintering process and densification of bauxite ore. An elevated heating temperature and longer duration favor the densification process. The major obstacle for the densification of bauxite material is attributed to the formation of the enclosed blowhole during liquid-phase sintering.

多元(U,Zr, Nb)C燃料制备技术与性能机理研究

多元(U,Zr, Nb)C燃料因具有熔点高、热导率高、低裂变气体释放率及优异的高温力学性能等优点,是目前大功率空间核推进反应堆选用燃料之一。本文采用碳热还原和液相烧结相结合的粉末冶金工艺制备多元(U,Zr, Nb)C燃料芯块,研究了工艺参数对烧结芯块反应动力学、相结构、导热性能和微观结构的作用机制和影响规律。结果表明:在1 800℃、50 MPa和1 h的烧结条件下,通过添加0.5%金属铀形成的液相烧结工艺制备得到芯块密度可达95.5%TD;当原料M/C(M为金属元素总量)摩尔比为1∶6.5时,可制备得到M/C比为1的正化学计量碳化物燃料;(U0.2,Zr, Nb)C的晶格常数比(U0.1,Zr, Nb)C的晶格常数略高;多元(U,Zr, Nb)C碳化物燃料芯块热导率与相成分、密度和温度均有关;芯块气孔分布较均匀,没有联通的开气孔存在,气孔尺寸在1~3μm。

莫来石纤维增强氧化物多孔陶瓷及其性能研究

以不同规格的粉煤灰漂珠、长石粉和铝矾土粉为主要原料,引入莫来石纤维为增强相,研究莫来石纤维含量对多孔陶瓷材料性能的影响规律及作用机理。结果表明:高温下长石粉中的低熔相能够降低材料的共晶熔点,将基质间的物理界面结合转变为化学结合。样品经1100℃烧成后,随着莫来石纤维含量的增加,多孔陶瓷的闭口气孔率增加,而常温耐压强度和体积密度呈现先增大后减小的趋势。当莫来石纤维含量为10 wt.%时,材料具有最佳综合性能,其体积密度为(0.74±0.01)g·cm^(−3)、真气孔率为(72.70±0.58)%,常温下耐压强度为(7.30±0.64)MPa。此外,试样在300℃、600℃及900℃下的平均热导率分别为0.202 W·m^(−1)·K^(−1)、0.214 W·m^(−1)·K^(−1)及0.244 W·m^(−1)·K^(−1)。

氮化硅陶瓷低温烧结助剂研究进展

氮化硅陶瓷性能优异,然而由于其共价键较强,自扩散系数小,烧结难度较大。目前高性能氮化硅陶瓷主要通过高温气压烧结法制备,烧结温度在1800℃以上,对设备要求较高,制备成本也较高,限制了氮化硅陶瓷的实际应用。低温烧结作为降低氮化硅生产成本的有效途径之一,受到了业界广泛关注。目前国内外关于氮化硅陶瓷低温烧结的研究主要集中在烧结助剂的选择方面,烧结助剂可以分为两类:使用与SiO_(2)共晶温度较低的烧结助剂和使用多组分烧结助剂。综述了这两类低温烧结助剂的研究进展,并提出了低温烧结助剂选择的合理方案。综合来看,要在低温下制得性能良好的氮化硅陶瓷,需选用与SiO_(2)具有低共晶点的烧结助剂,并配合使用多元组分调控氮化硅陶瓷的微观结构和性能。

铁矿粉种类和成分对其烧结基础特性的影响

铁矿粉的同化性能、黏结相强度与液相流动性等基础特性是烧结优化配矿的重要基础。对BX、YLJ和NFJ等多种铁矿粉进行基础特性检测,并将2种及2种以上铁矿粉混合进行拓展研究。分析铁矿粉基础性能的主要影响因素和三大矿种的基础性能特征,提出基于同化性能、液相流动性的互补配矿思路,为增加性价比高的缺陷矿用量、提高生产质量、降低配矿成本提供理论指导。