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Published 1983 | public
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Mechanical Properties of a Shock Consolidated Steel Powder

Abstract

The microhardness, ultimate tensile strength, and elastic modulus of 44-74 µm AISI 9310 rapidly solidified powder, consolidated by shock waves with energies varying from 94 to 770 kJ/kg and a shock duration of 2-3 µs, are presented. The compacts produced have a variation in diamond pyramid hardness from 390 to 510, in strength from 0 to 1.4 GPa, and in elastic modulus from 66 to 181 GPa. The hardness and strength reach a maximum at 500 kJ/kg shock energy. The strength and elastic modulus results imply that 800 kJ /kg shock energy produces complete interparticle bonding.

Additional Information

© 1984 Elsevier Science Publishers B. V. Research supported by United Technologies Research Center and Defense Advanced Projects Agency through the U.S. Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center. R. B. Schwarz is partially supported by the U.S. Department of Energy. Caltech contribution 3947. We would like to thank Dan Kostka and Mary Jane Bartholomew for their help in experimental aspects of the research.

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