Mechanical, Corrosion and Wear Characteristics of Cu-Based Composites Reinforced with Zirconium Diboride Consolidated by SPS
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Physical and Mechanical Properties
3.2. Microstructures
3.3. Wear Properties
3.4. Corrosion Properties
4. Conclusions
- Using a temperature of 950 °C in the SPS process is beneficial for obtaining a high degree of densification of Cu + ZrB2 composites, for which the apparent density is 93–97% of the theoretical density. The densification of the composites was observed to decrease with increasing ZrB2 phase.
- The microhardness increased significantly with the change in the content of ZrB2. Among all the composites, Cu + 20% ZrB2 showed the maximum hardness (179 HV0.3).
- The wear resistance of the Cu + ZrB2 composites increases with the increasing content of ZrB2.
- Adding ZrB2 above 5% significantly reduces the resistance of the composite to corrosion in chloride solutions. Regardless of sintering temperature, composites with a ZrB2 content of up to 5% do not show a significant difference in corrosion resistance compared to pure copper.
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
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Sintered Materials | Sintering Temperature (°C) | Friction Coefficient μ (-) | Specific Wear Rate Wv⋅10−4 (mm3/Nm) | Loss of Weight Δm (%) |
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Cu | 850 | 0.61 | 8.16 | 0.36 |
950 | 0.60 | 8.08 | 0.29 | |
Cu + 5% ZrB2 | 850 | 0.64 | 6.56 | 0.27 |
950 | 0.62 | 6.26 | 0.24 | |
Cu + 10% ZrB2 | 850 | 0.62 | 4.42 | 0.18 |
950 | 0.58 | 4.28 | 0.17 | |
Cu + 15% ZrB2 | 850 | 0.56 | 3.98 | 0.12 |
950 | 0.54 | 3.61 | 0.11 | |
Cu + 20% ZrB2 | 850 | 0.49 | 2.59 | 0.09 |
950 | 0.48 | 2.37 | 0.09 |
Samples | Sintering Temperature | Erest (mV) | Ecorr (mV) | Icorr (µA/cm2) | βa (mV/dec) | βc (mV/dec) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cu solid | ----- | −0.183 | −0.171 | 3.33 | 26 | 201 |
Cu (sintered) | 850 °C | −0.190 | −0.194 | 4.62 | 67 | 222 |
Cu + 5% ZrB2 | −0.187 | −0.245 | 6.33 | 86 | 133 | |
Cu + 10% ZrB2 | −0.136 | −0.168 | 16.68 | 71 | 160 | |
Cu + 15% ZrB2 | −0.136 | −0.184 | 34.51 | 101 | 199 | |
Cu + 20% ZrB2 | −0.133 | −0.172 | 27.67 | 121 | 161 | |
Cu (sintered) | 950 °C | −0.183 | −0.253 | 3.30 | 179 | 163 |
Cu + 5% ZrB2 | −0.201 | −0.244 | 4.48 | 74 | 189 | |
Cu + 10% ZrB2 | −0.149 | −0.208 | 22.70 | 106 | 166 | |
Cu + 15% ZrB2 | −0.118 | −0.208 | 52.60 | 145 | 136 | |
Cu + 20% ZrB2 | −0.094 | −0.177 | 124.45 | 110 | 123 |
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Sulima, I.; Stępień, M.; Hyjek, P.; Boczkal, S.; Kowalik, R. Mechanical, Corrosion and Wear Characteristics of Cu-Based Composites Reinforced with Zirconium Diboride Consolidated by SPS. Metals 2024, 14, 974. https://doi.org/10.3390/met14090974
Sulima I, Stępień M, Hyjek P, Boczkal S, Kowalik R. Mechanical, Corrosion and Wear Characteristics of Cu-Based Composites Reinforced with Zirconium Diboride Consolidated by SPS. Metals. 2024; 14(9):974. https://doi.org/10.3390/met14090974
Chicago/Turabian StyleSulima, Iwona, Michał Stępień, Paweł Hyjek, Sonia Boczkal, and Remigiusz Kowalik. 2024. "Mechanical, Corrosion and Wear Characteristics of Cu-Based Composites Reinforced with Zirconium Diboride Consolidated by SPS" Metals 14, no. 9: 974. https://doi.org/10.3390/met14090974