Preparation of Functionally Graded Materials (FGMs) Using Coal Fly Ash and NiCr-Based Alloy Powder by Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS)
- Department of Materials Science, Shimane University, Matsue 690-8504 (Japan)
- Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc., Hiroshima 730-870 (Japan)
Functionally Graded Materials (FGMs) were prepared by spark plasma sintering (SPS) using coal fly ash and NiCr alloy powder. The coal fly ash was produced by the Misumi Coal Thermal Power Station (Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc.), with 80 wt% nickel and 20 wt% chromium (Fukuda Metal Foil and Powder Co., Ltd.) used as source materials. The sintering temperature in the graphite die was 1000 deg. C. X-ray diffraction patterns of the sintered coal fly ash materials indicated that mullite (3Al{sub 2}O{sub 3}{center_dot}2SiO{sub 2}) and silica (SiO{sub 2}) phases were predominant. Direct joining of coal fly ash and NiCr causes fracture at the interface. This is due to the mismatch in the thermal expansion coefficients (CTE). A crack in the FGM was observed between the two layers with a CTE difference of over 4.86x10{sup -6} K{sup -1}, while a crack in the FGM was difficult to detect when the CTE difference was less than 2.77x10{sup -6} K{sup -1}.
- OSTI ID:
- 21055272
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 973, Issue 1; Conference: M and FGM 2006: Conference on multiscale and funtionally graded materials 2006, Oahu Island, HI (United States), 15-18 Oct 2006; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2896848; (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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