Cu Rich Nanostructured Alloys with Enhanced Mechanical Properties

摘要

New copper rich alloys with elemental additions of transition metals and group IIIA and IVA elements have been prepared by casting and rapid solidification. The prepared alloys show very interesting microstructures; a thick surface layer with nanocrystalline eutectic like structure, while in the bulk the microstructure is coarser lamellar or dendritic. Their microhardness was found to be exceptionally high for Cu rich alloys, reaching values of 450-550HV. Furthermore, the microhardness of the surface layer is higher than that in the bulk, indicating that these alloys can be considered for a variety of applications including tribological and structural.