Tungsten-Copper Composite Fabricated by Hot-Shock Consolidation

Abstract:

High-temperature shock consolidation and under-water shock wave are two effective methods to eliminate cracks generated when shock wave propagating the powder bed. In this work, a novel assembly consists of a chemical furnace and a water column was used to fabricate tungsten-copper composites. The heat released from the reaction of a SHS reaction mixture was used as chemical furnace to preheat the precursor powder. The water column as well as the explosive attached was detached from the furnace by a solenoid valve fixed on the slide guide. So the explosive and water column was kept cooling during the preheating process. The W-Cu powders with the grain size of 2μm were first blended with mass ratio of 9:1 by mechanically alloying in a planetary ball mill. Prior to application of shock wave, the elemental powders were preheated at different temperatures, i.e. the highest temperature up to 1000°C. The intensity of the shock wave loading was under 10GPa. The consolidated specimens were then characterized by microstructure analysis and micro-hardness testing. The different micromechanical behaviors of W and Cu phase in the consolidated sample were studied by using in situ high-energy X-ray diffraction technique. The result showed that a fine-grained 90W/10Cu composite with no cracks could be compacted to a density of 16.44g/cm3 by hot-shock consolidation at a preheating temperature of 970°C.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 749)
• Pages: 372-377
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.749.372
• Online since: March 2013
• Authors: Qiang Zhou, Peng Wan Chen, Dan Zhu Ma
• Keywords: Chemical Furnace, High Temperature Shock Consolidation, W-Cu Composite

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