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High strength-high conductivity Cu-Fe composites produced by powder compaction/mechanical reduction

Patent ·
OSTI ID:7276871
A particulate mixture of Cu and Fe is compacted and mechanically reduced to form an ''in-situ'' Cu-Fe composite having high strength and high conductivity. Compaction and mechanical reduction of the particulate mixture are carried out at a temperature and time at temperature selected to avoid dissolution of Fe into the Cu matrix particulates to a harmful extent that substantially degrades the conductivity of the Cu-Fe composite. 5 figures.
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-82
Assignee:
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., Ames, IA (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5043025; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-536450
OSTI ID:
7276871
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English