Published December 2015 | Version v1
Journal article

Investigation on W/Fe diffusion bonding using Ti foil and Ti powder interlayer by SPS

  • 1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009 (China)
  • 2. National–Local Joint Engineering Research Centre of Nonferrous Metals and Processing Technology, Hefei 230009 (China)
  • 3. Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031 (China)

Description

W/steel composites are being developed for potential application in He gas-cooled divertors and plasma-facing components in fusion reactors. In this study, the dissimilar metal joints between W and Fe were fabricated at 950 °C via spark plasma sintering method with Ti foil (Ti–F) and Ti powder (Ti–P) as the interlayer under Ar atmosphere for 5 min at 57 MPa. Microscopic structures of the W/Fe diffusion joints with Ti–F and Ti–P were investigated and compared via field-emission scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. Thermal cycling tests were employed to measure the thermal stability of different types of W/Ti/Fe samples. The hardness distribution across joining interfaces was also determined. After thermal cycling tests, a crack occurred along the W/Ti–P interface in the W/Ti–P/Fe samples, whereas the W/Ti–F/Fe samples were intact at the interfaces. Results revealed that Ti–F is more suitable as an interlayer than Ti–P, and the interfaces of the W/Ti–F/Fe samples have better thermal stability than those of the W/Ti–P/Fe ones.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2015.10.045

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jnucmat.2015.10.045;
PII
S0022-3115(15)30291-9;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Nuclear Materials
Journal Volume
467
Journal Issue
Part 2
Journal Page Range
p. 566-571
ISSN
0022-3115
CODEN
JNUMAM

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