Effect of rotary swaging deformation on microstructure and mechanical properties of tungsten alloys
The 93WNiFe alloys were deformed by rotary swaging process to obtain the high-performance tungsten alloys.The effect of rotary swaging deformation on the mechanical properties and microstructure of the 93WNiFe tungsten alloys were studied.The results show that,with the increase of deformation,the W grains in 93WNiFe tungsten alloys are elongated from spheroid to long strip,the tensile strength at room temperature increases from 982 MPa to 1622 MPa,and the elongation decreases from 35.5%to 5.5%.When the deformation of rotary swaging is less than 15%,the Rockwell hardness of the 93WNiFe alloys increases rapidly and the impact toughness decreases rapidly at room temperature with the increase of deformation.When the deformation is greater than 15%,the Rockwell hardness increases slowly,and the impact toughness decreases slowly at room temperature.When the deformation is 30%,the maximum Rockwell hardness is HRC 47.2,and the minimum impact toughness at room temperature is 30.80 J·cm-2.There are a small number of W grain cleavage fractures,a large number of W-bond phase interface fractures,W-W interface fractures,and binder phase dimple fractures in the sintered 93WNiFe alloys without deformation.With the increase of deformation,the number of W grain cleavage fractures increases gradually,and the number of W-bond phase interface fractures,W-W interface fractures,and binder phase dimple fractures decrease gradually.