Rolling processes and performance of Cu-Fe in-situ composites

The deformation processed Cu-based in-situ composite was a kind of structural function materials with high physical and mechanical performance and used widely in large scale integrated circuit. Especially, the sheet material of Cu-Fe in-situ composites was interested to researchers because the Fe was cheaper and the use of sheets was more widely in electron industry. In this study, the sheets of Cu-10Fe-1Ag in-situ composite were achieved by cold rolling which the thickness was from 6mm to 2.56mm, 1.28mm, 0.64mm and 0.32mm. Corresponding, the rolling ratio was 4.9, 5.3, 5.9 and 6.6. The maximum strength was 722Mpa at the rolling ratio 4.9. The conductivity was measured also with maximum 59.5% IACS. The experimental results show that the tensile strength and electrical resistance increase with the increasing of rolling strain. Although the conductivity of Cu-Fe in-situ composites was not very high, the matching of strength and conductivity was favorable. It is feasible that the high performance Cu-based in-situ composite can be obtained by cold rolling with merits of materials cheaper, melting simple and usage wide.