Mechanical Property Evaluation of CuNb Composites Manufactured with High-Pressure Torsion
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Frazer, D.
Connick, R. C.
Howard, C.
Siddiqui, M.
Fritz, R.
Kutlesa, P.
Hosemann, P.
Date Issued
August 18, 2022
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Springer US
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Frazer, D., Connick, R. C., Howard, C., Siddiqui, M., Fritz, R. et al. 2022. "Mechanical Property Evaluation of CuNb Composites Manufactured with High-Pressure Torsion."
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Copper is under consideration as the optimum material for both high heat flux applications and high-frequency pulsed magnets. One challenge is that copper has low strength which is problematic to deployment in these applications. One solution is to alloy copper with body center cubic (BCC) elements to improve its mechanical properties. However, the limited solubility of the BCC elements in copper requires high deformation processes to be used in order to manufacture these 3D composites. In this work high-energy ball milling combined with high-pressure torsion was used to manufacture 3D Cu-Nb composites. After the consolidation, the mechanical properties of the composites were measured using micro-and nano-hardness testing at room and elevated temperatures. The results indicated that after 10 turns during the high-pressure torsion consolidation, the mechanical properties of the composites were completely saturated, displaying uniform properties across the manufactured disk. Performing the high-pressure torsion at elevated temperature further improved the consolidation of the disk. The high-temperature nanoindentation also indicated a change in the deformation mechanism between 200°C and 500°C.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-022-05376-z
