Develop an effective oxygen removal method for copper powder
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Author(s)
Zhao, Lei
Zhang, Xiuhu
Deng, Taiqing
Jiang, J
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
At present, one of crucial limitations for the hot isostatically pressed (HIPed) Cu-3Ag-0.5Zr alloy, which is used on the combustion chamber liner of aerospace engine, is the high oxygen content, which easily results in the intergranular fracture under high temperature, pressure, liquid hydrogen and oxygen environment during operation. In this study, a novel effective oxygen control method is developed, for which vacuum degassing process is integrated with a flowing hydrogen reduction reaction at an elevated temperature before HIP. For this technique, a container is designed with two gas pipes for hydrogen inflow and outflow, so the hydrogen circulation can be established. Allowing hydrogen to react effectively with oxygen, the oxygen content of HIPed alloy is found to drop significantly from 140 ppm (raw powder) to 28 ppm, which is equivalent to the oxygen-free copper and copper alloys. As a result of the reduction, no prior particle boundaries could be observed in the low oxygen content material. Although the tensile strength of the materials with and without employing this technique does not vary significantly, the ductility of low oxygen content material has improved by about 70% at 500°C. This significant improvement of ductility is critical to ensure the safety critical PM components.
Date Issued
2018-08-01
Date Acceptance
2018-05-01
Citation
Advanced Powder Technology, 2018, 29 (8), pp.1904-1912
ISSN
0921-8831
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
1904
End Page
1912
Journal / Book Title
Advanced Powder Technology
Volume
29
Issue
8
Copyright Statement
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This manuscript is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Engineering, Chemical
Engineering
Powder metallurgy
Hot isostatic pressing
Oxygen content
Copper alloy
Microstructure
Mechanical property
MECHANICAL-PROPERTIES
DENSIFICATION BEHAVIOR
NARLOY-Z
ALLOY
SUPERALLOY
MICROSTRUCTURE
COMPOSITES
PARTS
0904 Chemical Engineering
0913 Mechanical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2018-05-24