W-Cu Alloy Prepared by Co-Precipitation

A chemical co-precipitation method was used in this study to prepare W-Cu composite oxide powder firstly, and then the nanoscale W-20%Cu composite powder through hydrogen reduction. The W-Cu alloy of ultrafine dispersion structure was obtained by forming and sintering the composite powder. The results show that the W grains have polygonal shape with a particle size of 30 nm similar to 50 nm after hydrogen reduction. Furthermore, the Cu phase disperses evenly in the W phase to bind some W particles together. The W-20%Cu composite powder prepared by this process showed a good sintering activity with a relative density of 99.7% and a thermal conductivity of 223.1 W.m(-1)K(-1) when the W-Cu nanoscale composite power was sintered at 1250 degrees C. Other performances such as electrical conductivity, bend strength, hardness were also increased greatly if compared with the traditional W-20%Cu products.