A novel dissolution-precipitation mechanism during liquid phase sintering and its strengthening effects in W-Ni-Fe alloys with low W contents

Autor: Yong Han, Yuan Li, Lei Ye, Zhiyuan Du, Zhanggen Liu, Xin Li, Ming-Chun Zhao, Andrej Atrens
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Materials & Design, Vol 220, Iss , Pp 110841- (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0264-1275
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2022.110841
Popis: W-Ni-Fe alloys with a low W content are a kind of promising tungsten alloys. However, limited results are available, and the responsible mechanism is not known for their dissolution-precipitation behavior, because long-range migration under the low W concentration is difficult after tungsten dissolution. In this work, a tungsten alloy with a low W content was prepared by liquid phase sintering. A new in-situ dissolution-precipitation process for tungsten alloys with a low W content was identified, which is different from that for tungsten alloys with a high W content. The interface between ultrafine precipitated W grains and the γ(FeNi3, W) phase in tungsten alloys with a low W content was a semi-coherent interphase boundary. Ni atoms and Fe atoms in the γ phase lattice were continuously replaced by W atoms during precipitation. W atoms continued to mass transfer to the interface area, and W grains formed when the enrichment was sufficient. The obtained 50W-25Ni-25Fe tungsten alloy had the superior combination of ultimate tensile strength (UTS) and elongation. The precipitation of ultrafine W grain strengthened the alloy.
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