Degradation Mechanism of Tungsten Electrode for Fusing Joining

Sho Ishii; Goroh Itoh; Shingo Mukae; Nobuhide Itoh

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.409.849

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Degradation Mechanism of Tungsten Electrode for Fusing Joining

Abstract:

Lifetime of tungsten electrodes for fusing was investigated in relation to their microstructure. Tungsten electrodes with two types of microstructures (recrystallized equi-axed and unrecrystallized fibrous) were subjected to repeated welding tests where work material was a tough pitch copper. Surface appearance of the electrodes after the test was observed with an SEM. Circumferential edge cracks were observed in the equi-axed electrode, which were presumed to be initiated by plastic flow of the work material. Although cracks were formed in the center of both types of electrodes, the total length of them is longer in the equi-axed electrode. Therefore, the lifetime was expected to be longer in the fibrous electrode than the equi-axed.