Manufacture of μ-PIM gear mold by electroforming of Fe-Ni and Fe-Ni W alloys

The micro gear mold for powder injection molding was made by electroforming process of Fe-Ni and Fe-Ni-W alloys using UV-lithography process. Kinetics and activation energies in electroplating of both alloys were investigated to determine the best process conditions. Fe content within electrodeposited Fe-Ni alloys increased with the increase of rotating disk speed and the decrease of temperature and it is considered from the calculated activation energy of iron content that the rate determining step is controlled by mass transfer. Iron content in Fe-Ni electrodeposit varied from 58.33% to 70.45% by increasing current density from 2 to 6 A/drn2. Also, iron content in Fe-Ni-W electrodeposit increased from 59.32% to 70.15%, nickel content decreased from 27.86% to 17.07% and the content of tungsten was almost consistent in the range of 12.78%-12.82% although the current density increases from 1.5 to 5 A/dm^2. For the electroforming of micro gear mold, SU-8 mandrel with 550 μm in diameter and 400 μm in height was prepared by UV-lithography processing. Subsequently, Fe-36Ni and Fe-20Ni-13W alloys micro gear molds were electroformed successfully. Surface hardness values of the electroformed micro molds were measured to be HV490 and HV645, respectively.

Influence of Ni^(2+)/Co^(2+)ratio in electrolyte on morphology,structure and magnetic properties of electrolytically produced Ni-Co alloy powders

Nickel-cobalt(Ni-Co) alloy powders were produced galvanostatically by using sulphate electrolytes with various ratios of Ni2+/Co2+(mole ratios). The morphology, phase structure, chemical composition and magnetic properties were examined by scanning electron microscope(SEM), X-ray diffractometer(XRD), atomic emission spectrometer(AES), and SQUID-based magnetometer, respectively. Morphology of the particles changed from cauliflower-like and dendritic to coral-like and spongy-like ones with increasing Ni2+/Co2+ ratio from 0.25 to 4.0. XRD analysis of the Ni-Co powders revealed that the decrease of Ni2+/Co2+ ratios(the increase of Co content) caused a change of structure from face centered cubic(FCC) obtained for the ratios of 4.0, 1.5 and 0.67 to a mixture of FCC and hexagonal closed-packed(HCP) phases for the ratio of 0.25. The increasing content of nickel led to change of mechanism of electrolysis from irregular(up to 40 wt.% Ni in the electrolytes) to close to equilibrium(between 40 and 60 wt.% Ni in the electrolytes) and anomalous co-deposition(over 60 wt.% Ni in the electrolytes) type. All of the obtained Ni-Co alloy samples behaved as soft magnetic materials while their magnetic parameters showed immediate composition dependence since both coercivity and saturation magnetization almost linearly increased with increase of the Co content.

Enhancing high-temperature oxidation resistance of nickel superalloy obtained by laser powder bed fusion via reactive electric spark treatment

The high-temperature oxidation resistance of the nickel superalloy prepared by the laser powder bed fusion(LPBF)has been significantly increased as a result of in-situ formation of a thermal barrier layer(α-Al_(2)O_(3)+CaMoO4)during oxidative annealing of surface layers modified by electric spark treatment(EST).The reactive EST of the LPBF-built items based on nickel EP741NP alloy was carried out with low-melting Al−12%Si,Al−6%Ca−0.6%Si and Al−7%Ca−1%Mn electrodes.It was found that under EST done by Al−7%Ca−1%Mn electrode an intermetallic(β-NiAl+γ'-Ni3Al)15μm-thick layer reinforced by spherical oxide(CaMe)O nanoparticles was formed.Formation of that structure increases the wear resistance of LPBF nickel superalloy by 4.5 times.Further oxidative annealing at 1000°C leads to a formation of continuous two-layered coating with an inner layer ofα-Al_(2)O_(3) and an outer layer of CaMoO4,which together act as an effective barrier preventing the diffusion of oxygen into the bulk of the superalloy.

纳米金属磁性材料的研制及其应用

通过气相化学工程——羰基法的制备技术制备出纳米Ni、纳米Fe、纳米γ-(Fe,Ni)合金粉、纳米ζ-Fe2N粉等强磁性材料.通过气相热分解方法控制不同的气相化学反应温度、气流速度以及加热方式可以获得不同性状的纳米磁性粉体,研究分析它们的微观结构,可以制备出高性能的纳米磁性材料,从而开发出纳米功能新材料.