Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) ›› 2009, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (1): 71-80.DOI: 10.1016/S1006-7191(08)60073-3

• Research paper • Previous Articles    

Relationship between powder characteristic and internal oxidation of Al in Cu-Al pre-alloyed powders

Shuhua LIANG1,Xianhui WANG1,Liang FANG2,Zhikang FAN1   

  1. 1.Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048, China
    2.State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
  • Received:2008-04-04 Revised:2008-08-19 Online:2009-02-25 Published:2009-10-10
  • Contact: Shuhua LIANG

Abstract:

Since Cu-Al powder characteristics have important effects on the preparation of Cu/Al2O3 composite, the apparent activation energy of Al internal oxidation reaction in Cu-Al pre-alloyed powders with different characteristics was calculated in the present investigation. The microstructure and properties of the synthesized Cu/Al2O3 were studied. The results show that high-energy milling can obviously promote internal oxidation of Al in Cu-Al powders in the same solid solubility. At the same milling conditions and internal oxidation parameters, the solid solution of Al in Cu either in low or high amount will result in the poor microstructure and properties of the Cu/Al2O3 composite. Subsequently, when high-energy milling and internal oxidation are synchronously used to prepare the Cu/Al2O3 composite, there should be an appropriate solubility and milling effect for the pre-alloyed powders.

Key words: characteristic, Internal oxidation, Cu/Al2O3 composite material, Solid solution, Reaction rate