Compressibility and solid-state sintering behavior of W-Cu composite powders

摘要

In this research, compressibility and the effect of cold compaction pressure on sintered density of tungsten (W)-15% wt copper (Cu) and W-75% wt Cu composite powders were investigated. The powders were prepared by milling and reduction of WO_(3)/CuO powder mixtures. The crystalline size and lattice strain of WO_(3)and CuO were determined using Debye-Scherrer’s formula after mechanical milling. Heckel and Panelli-Ambrosio equations were used to evaluate cold compaction behavior of the reduced powders. The results showed that Heckel equation represents better correlation between compaction pressure and relative density of W-75% wt Cu composite powders. However, it was confirmed that the preferred relation for evaluating the compaction behavior of W-15% wt Cu composite powders is Panelli-Ambrosio equation. The green compacts were sintered at 1000°C. It was shown that, by increasing the cold uniaxial pressure prior to sintering, the difference between green and sintered densities of W-15% wt Cu composite powder compacts was decreased. However, the W-75% wt Cu powders showed a different manner and higher compaction pressures led to higher densification during sintering.