Study on Preparation and Mechanical Properties of W-Cu Alloy with Low W-W Contiguity

Abstract:

Electroless copper plating method combined with spark plasma sintering (SPS) was used to fabricate W-Cu alloy with low W-W contiguity. Results show that W-Cu alloy with low W-W contiguity and high relative density can be obtained by this method. With sintering temperature increased from 860°C to 1060°C, the relative density of W-Cu alloy shows a rapidly increasing tendency, but the W-W contiguity keeps at a low level. Compression testing results show that the ductility of prepared W-Cu alloy is sensitive to strain rate, and the failure strain of the W-Cu alloy shows obviously increasing tendency with the loading strain rate increased from 10^-3 to 10³.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 782)
• Pages: 77-82
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.782.77
• Online since: August 2015
• Authors: Zhi Yu Hu, Jin Xu Liu, Shu Kui Li, Qing He Zou, Xing Wang
• Keywords: Electroless Plating, Mechanical Properties, Spark Plasma Sintering, W-Cu Alloy, W-W Contiguity

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