Analysis of Sintered Copper Powder

Dana Emmellyne B. Aguto

Department of Mining, Metallurgical, and Materials Engineering
University of the Philippines - Diliman
Quezon City
dbaguto@up.edu.ph

Villanueva, F.B. (2014)

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 Abstract— [introduction] [objectives] [methodology]
[conclusion]
Index Terms— sintering, green density, microstructure,
hardness, porosity
I. INTRODUCTION
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In the 19 century, majority of metallic elements
existed in powder form. As such, further processing was
required to develop materials that would be more suitable
to use in forthcoming inventions such as Edison’s
incandescent electric light.
Powder metallurgy was found to be suitable in
forming tougher products from loose metallic powders. It
has two main processes— that is compaction and
sintering. Compaction involves subjecting the loose
metal powder to sufficient pressure at normal or higher
temperatures.
[sintering]
[applications]
[limitations]
[green density]
[reliability tests]
[factors affecting sintering]
[objectives, scope, limitations]
TABLE I. EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP
Sintering Sintering
Pressure
Sample # Temperature Time
(psi)
(ºC) (minutes)
1 60
900
2 30
3000
3 60
490
4 30
5 60
900
6 30
4500
7 60
490
8 30
The dimensions, mass, and volume of the pelletized
copper samples were measured. Afterwards, the samples
were sintered according to the temperature and time
settings indicated in Table X. The dimensions, mass, and
volume of the pelletized copper samples were measured
once more subsequent to cooling. For further
metallographic analyses, the samples were cold mounted
with mounting resin and hardener, then ground and
polished using SiC papers and alumina suspension.

II. METHODOLOGY III. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Two (2) grams of copper powder were mixed with The.
polyvinyl alcohol as a binder until a pasty consistency
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was achieved. This was done eight times to prepare the
samples prior to sintering. The samples were then [1] G
pelletized according to the pressure settings indicated in [2] J.
Table X. [3] I.