EP2467223A1 - Procédé pour la production d'un composite métal-matrice de différence significative de coefficient de dilatation thermique entre le métal de base dur et la matrice molle - Google Patents

Procédé pour la production d'un composite métal-matrice de différence significative de coefficient de dilatation thermique entre le métal de base dur et la matrice molle

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EP2467223A1
EP2467223A1 EP10810229A EP10810229A EP2467223A1 EP 2467223 A1 EP2467223 A1 EP 2467223A1 EP 10810229 A EP10810229 A EP 10810229A EP 10810229 A EP10810229 A EP 10810229A EP 2467223 A1 EP2467223 A1 EP 2467223A1
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Kahtan S. Mohammed
Azmi Rahmat
Azizan Aziz
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  • the present invention relates to a process for producing a metal-matrix composite of significant ⁇ CTE between the hard base-metal and the soft matrix.
  • MMCs metal matrix composites
  • W-bronze and W-Cu are examples of MMCs materials that has gained great importance in many applications. Characterized by its high density, high strength, adequate fracture toughness, hardness, high wear resistance and low thermal expansion, make it very a good candidate as lead replacement materials in many military and industrial applications. They are suitable for fabrication of ammunition, center of gravity (CG) adjusters, gyroscope rotors and radiation shelters. Other applications are irrelevant to lead replacement like kinetic energy penetrators and jet vanes.
  • W-Cu composites and due to their excellent thermal conductivity, they found their way to various electrical and electronic applications, these include, electrical contacts, resistance welding electrodes, electro-discharge machining electrodes, heat sinkers and power packaging for microelectronic and optoelectronics applications. Alloying of W with bronze alloy is difficult to cast. Consulting W-Cu equilibrium phase diagram shows that W metal and Cu are almost completely immiscible in both solid and liquid phase. Cu heat of mixing with W is positive i.e. 35.5kJ/mole. Energy of formation of W-Sn solid solution is positive as well i.e. 20kJ/mole. Accordingly attaining fully dense sintered compacts of these systems is not easy to handle.
  • the pores and voids act as points of stress concentrations and reduce the cross- sectional area across which a load is applied and lead to a tremendous fall of the flexural strength. Air that is present in the pores has poor thermal and electrical conductivity and thus it deteriorates the overall thermal and electrical properties of the composite. Therefore, it is essential to avoid pores formation in the composite during its manufacturing process.
  • infiltration techniques available for producing metal or metal-ceramics composite materials in particular tungsten-copper or tungsten-bronze composites. The main steps of any conventional infiltration process are as follow.
  • Tungsten powder preparation with average size of 1 -5 ⁇ m.
  • Compaction should provide the predetermined porosity level (apparent density) of the tungsten structure.
  • Infiltration of the sintered tungsten skeleton porous structure by the second metal, having a lower melting point, can be conducted under gas pressure (gas pressure infiltration), under the pressure of mold movable part i.e. ramming (squeeze casting infiltration) and under the die pressure (pressure die casting).
  • gas pressure infiltration gas pressure infiltration
  • mold movable part i.e. ramming
  • die pressure pressure die casting
  • US Patent No 5963773 disclosed a method of fabricating tungsten skeleton structure comprising the step of forming a source powder by coating a tungsten powder with nickel Then admixing the source powder and a polymer binder, performing powder injection molding and obtaining a tungsten skeleton structure by removing the polymer binder. A copper plate is then placed beneath the tungsten skeleton structure and infiltration is carried out at temperature between 1150 s C and1250 8 C. This method is not viable for producing complicated shapes.
  • US Patent No. 5413751 describes a process for forming heat sinks and other heat dissipating elements by press-forming composite powders for metal components, for example tungsten and copper, to form pressed compacts and then sintering the pressed compacts to achieve a homogenous distribution of the copper throughout the tungsten-copper structure.
  • US Patents No. 4942076, 4988386, 5563101 disclose procedures of improving heat sink properties of W-Cu composite material utilized in microwave devices by maintaining even dispersion of tungsten particles having low thermal expansion coefficient within a copper matrix having high thermal conductivity. This process improves the thermal conductivity of the W-Cu composite and modifies the thermal expansion coefficient to be correspondent to that of Gallium Arsenide (Ga. As.) Substrate utilized in microwave devices. In fact almost all previous infiltration techniques utilized so far to infiltrate the W porous structure preforms, have been yielding composite structures which more or less have some weak points in their mechanical, electrical and micro structural properties. These points can be summarized as follow.
  • This oxide is known to be very volatile and hence it is very important that it is to be avoided to prevent material loss.
  • the present invention provides a process for producing a metal-matrix composite of significant ⁇ CTE between the hard base-material and any element type of the soft metal matrix.
  • the process includes the steps of sintering, pressing and enforced infiltration of the sintered compact wherein the process is driven by differential thermal expansion coefficients between the shell and the core materials.
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic representation of the process for producing a metal-matrix composite of significant ⁇ CTE between the hard base-metal and the soft matrix according to the preferred embodiments of the present invention
  • Fig. 2 is a 3D schematic diagram of the process of the present invention.
  • Fig. 3 (a) is an optical graph of W80wt.%-Cu18-Sn shell-on-core sintered compact cross section of as received elemental powder, the shell is bronze admix.
  • the compact sintered at 1150 9 C for 3 hours under H 2 /N 2 20/80 wt. ratio as protective gas utilizing the process of the present invention.
  • Fig. 3 (b) is an optical graph of shell-on-core sintered compact cross section of W50wt.%-Cu45-Sn sintered compact of two-steps ball milled powder.
  • the shell is copper wherein the compact is sintered at 115O 0 C for 3 hours under H 2 /N 2 20/80 wt. ratio as protective gas utilizing the process of the present invention;
  • Fig. 3 (c) is an optical graph of shell-on-core sintered compact cross section of W80wt.%-Cu18-Sn sintered compact.
  • the compact is sintered at 1150 0 C for 3 hours under H 2 /N 2 20/80 wt. ratio as protective gas utilizing the process of the present invention
  • Fig. 3 (d) is an optical graph shell-on-core sintered compact cross section of W40wt%- pre-alloyed bronze sintered compact.
  • the compact is sintered at 115O 0 C for 3 hours under H 2 /N 2 20/80 wt ratio protective gas utilizing the process of the present invention;
  • Fig. 4 is the micro hardness profile across the solidified Cu-Sn shell and the W80wt.%- Cu18-Sn sintered compact of 99% of its theoretical density.
  • Fig. 5 shows SEM micrographs of W 80wt.%-Cu18-Sn sintered compacts of as received elemental powder sintered and densified by this invention, The last micrograph represents sintered compact of similar composition sintered by the conventional method of uniaxial compaction and sintering.
  • Fig. 6 (a) shows the optical micrographs of W80wt.%-Cu18-Sn compacts of as- received powder sintered conventionally at 1150 9 C for 3 hours;
  • Fig. 6 (b) shows the optical micrographs of W80wt.%-Cu18-Sn compacts of as- received powder sintered by the process of the present invention under similar sintering conditions as in Fig. 6 (a).
  • Fig. 6 (c) shows the optical micrographs of W90wt.%-Cu18-Sn compacts of as- received elemental powder sintered conventionally at 1150 °C for 3 hours.
  • Fig. 6 (d) shows the optical micrographs of W90wt.%-Cu18-Sn compacts of similar composition to Fig. 6 (c) sintered by the process of the present invention under similar sintering conditions as in Fig. 6 (c).
  • Fig. 7 shows a schematic representation of the process of the present invention at its final stage.
  • Fig. 8 (a) shows a SEM micrograph of W50wt.%-pre-alloy bronze compact of ball milled powder sintered conventionally.
  • Fig. 8 (b) shows a SEM micrograph of W50wt.%-pre-alloy bronze compact of ball milled powder sintered by the present invention wherein sintered density of 99% theoretical density is achieved.
  • Fig. 8 (c) shows a SEM micrograph of W50wt.%-Cu45-Sn compact of two-step ball milled powder sintered conventionally.
  • Fig. 8 (d) shows a SEM micrograph of W50wt.%-Cu45-Sn compact of two-step ball milled powder sintered by the present invention technique wherein sintered density of 98% theoretical density is achieved.
  • Fig. 9 (a) shows the EDX line scan across the shell/core boarder of W50wt%-Cu45-Sn sintered compact of ball milled powder sintered by the process of the present invention.
  • Fig. 9 (b) shows the EDX line scan of sintered compact of similar composition of W50wt%-Cu45-Sn sintered compact of ball milled powder sintered by the present invention technique but with pre-alloy bronze matrix.
  • the shell is of Cu element.
  • Fig. 10 shows the alumina ceramics mould shows the cavity in where the W-bronze green compact placed and covered all around by the Cu-Sn powder mix shell before sintering.
  • Fig.11 shows a typical thermal and infiltration sintering cycle program of the present invention wherein the sintering, heating and cooling temperature rates can be altered according to the sintered material specifications.
  • the present invention relates to a process for producing a metal-matrix composite of significant ⁇ CTE between the hard base-metal and the soft matrix.
  • this specification will describe the present invention according to the preferred embodiments of the present invention. However, it is to be understood that limiting the description to the preferred embodiments of the invention is merely to facilitate discussion of the present invention and it is envisioned that those skilled in the art may devise various modifications and equivalents without departing from the scope of the appended claims.
  • the present invention is generally related to a method for producing a composite material comprising a matrix phase and a dispersed phase, in particular metal-metal, metal-ceramics/carbide or composite material, such as tungsten-bronze, tungsten- copper, AI-SiC and AI-AI 2 O 3 .
  • the hard base component could be particulates, dispersoids, cermets, short or continuous fibers, monofilament or whiskers reinforcements of any material type having significantly lower CTE value than that of the matrix.
  • the process includes hot pressing, sintering and infiltration, acting simultaneously in one stage to yield microstructure of even distribution of the dispersed phase in the metal matrix.
  • the "three in one densification process” relates to the sintering/infiltration of metal- metal or metal-ceramics/carbide composite material by one process comprises sintering, hot pressing and enforced infiltration acting simultaneously in one step.
  • the objective of this invention is to produce, pore free, homogeneous sintered compact structure with minimum defects at its near theoretical density.
  • the hard metal or ceramics reinforcements uniformly distributed in a softer metal matrix.
  • the first stage is the preparation of the as received composite powder components, either by mixing or ball milling.
  • the composite consists of two or more components, i.e. the hard base metal component of higher melting point like tungsten and the matrix soft component having lower melting point, like bronze or copper.
  • the powders mixture consist of W base metal ranges between 50-90 wt percent and the balance is pre alloyed bronze or admixture of Cu-SnI 0wt%.
  • the ball milled and the as-received admixed powders are die-pressed separately under uniaxial pressure ranges between 360-720 MPa preferably around 400 MPa to yield compact discs of 13mm diameter and around 4 mm thickness.
  • the as received hard pre-alloyed bronze powder as the compact soft component i.e.
  • the matrix it is necessary to add 0.01 of zinc stearate as a binder to enhance the green compaction process, while it is not important to add any sort of binder if the compact soft component is Cu or Cu- Sn10wt% admixture.
  • the green compact is then placed in a ceramic mold of suitable cavity, large enough to accommodate the green compact and then covered all around by Cu or bronze powder called here as the outer shell.
  • the outer covering shell should be a single phase elemental powder; otherwise the sintered compact suffers severe swelling induced by the divergency in diffusion pathways and powder particle size between the core and the covering shell.
  • the composite system i.e.
  • the final stage is the cooling down stage. It is essential to pay great attention to the cooling down rate. Usually 4-8°C/min is suitable for the W composite system.
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic representation of the process for producing a metal-matrix composite of significant ⁇ CTE between the hard base-metal and the soft matrix according to the preferred embodiments of the present invention. This figure shows that the process which is a 'three in one densification process" on its ongoing action.
  • Fig. 2 shows a 3D schematic diagram of the present invention technique wherein the core is representing the W-Cu-Sn compact encircled or surrounded by Cu-Sn shell. As the shell solidifies, it shrinks and exerts compression stress on the core which enhances the core densification process.
  • Fig. 3 (a) shows an optical graph of W80wt.%-Cu18-Sn shell-on-core sintered compact cross section of as received elemental powder, the shell is bronze admix.
  • the compact sintered at 1 150 9 C for 3 hours under H 2 /N 2 20/80 wt. ratio as protective gas utilizing the process of the present invention.
  • Fig. 3 (b) shows an optical graph of shell-on-core sintered compact cross section of W50wt.%-Cu45-Sn sintered compact of two-steps ball milled powder.
  • the shell is copper wherein the compact is sintered at 1150 0 C for 3 hours under H 2 /N 2 20/80 wt. ratio as protective gas utilizing the process of the present invention;
  • Fig. 3 (c) shows an optical graph of shell-on-core sintered compact cross section of W80wt.%-Cu18-Sn sintered compact.
  • the compact is sintered at 115O 0 C for 3 hours under H 2 /N 2 20/80 wt. ratio as protective gas utilizing the process of the present invention
  • Fig. 3 (d) shows an optical graph shell-on-core sintered compact cross section of W40wt%-pre-alloyed bronze sintered compact.
  • the compact is sintered at 1150 0 C for 3 hours under H 2 /N 2 20/80 wt ratio protective gas utilizing the process of the present invention
  • Fig. 4 shows the micro hardness profile across the solidified Cu-Sn shell and the W80wt.%-Cu18-Sn sintered compact of 99% of its theoretical density.
  • Fig. 5 shows the SEM micrographs of W 80wt.%-Cu18-Sn sintered compacts of as received elemental powder densified by the process, in which hot pressing, sintering and infiltration process acting together.
  • the micrographs reveal sintered compacts having 99% theoretical density.
  • the last micrograph represents sintered compact of similar composition sintered by the conventional method of uniaxial compaction and sintering.
  • Fig. 6 (a) shows the optical micrographs of W80wt.%-Cu18-Sn compacts of as- received powder sintered conventionally at 1150 0 C for 3 hours;
  • Fig. 6 (b) shows the optical micrographs of W80wt.%-Cu18-Sn compacts of as- received powder sintered by the process of the present invention under similar sintering conditions as in Fig. 6 (a).
  • Fig. 6 (c) shows the optical micrographs of W90wt.%-Cu18-Sn compacts of as- received elemental powder sintered conventionally at 1150 0 C for 3 hours.
  • Fig. 6 (d) shows the optical micrographs of W90wt.%-Cu18-Sn compacts of similar composition to Fig. 6 (c) sintered by the process of the present invention under similar sintering conditions as in Fig. 6 (c).
  • Fig. 7 shows a schematic representation of the process of the present invention at its final stage.
  • the covering shell melt cools down and gradually solidifies, it undergoes a substantial contraction driven by its high thermal expansion coefficient and step by step it commences compressing and tightening firmly the core which has less thermal expansion coefficient and less contraction.
  • This action is hot-isostatic-pressing-like action and leads to denser sintered compacts of near its theoretical density.
  • Fig. 8 (a) shows a SEM micrograph of W50wt.%-pre-alloy bronze compact of ball milled powder sintered conventionally.
  • Fig. 8 (b) shows a SEM micrograph of W50wt.%-pre-alloy bronze compact of ball milled powder sintered by the present invention wherein sintered density of 99% theoretical density is achieved.
  • Fig. 8 (c) shows a SEM micrograph of W50wt.%-Cu45-Sn compact of two-step ball milled powder sintered conventionally.
  • Fig. 8 (d) shows a SEM micrograph of W50wt.%-Cu45-Sn compact of two-step ball milled powder sintered by the present invention technique wherein sintered density of 98% theoretical density is achieved.
  • Fig. 9 (a) shows the EDX line scan across the shell/core boarder of W50wt%-Cu45-Sn sintered compact of ball milled powder sintered by the process of the present invention.
  • Fig. 9 (b) shows the EDX line scan of sintered compact of similar composition of W50wt%-Cu45-Sn sintered compact of ball milled powder sintered by the present invention technique but with pre-alloy bronze matrix.
  • the shell is of Cu element.
  • Fig. 10 shows the alumina ceramics mould shows the cavity in where the W-bronze green compact placed and covered all around by the Cu-Sn powder mix shell before sintering.
  • Fig. 11 shows a typical thermal and infiltration sintering cycle program of the present invention wherein the sintering, heating and cooling temperature rates can be altered according to the sintered material specifications.
  • Pilot sintered/infiltrated compacts of 99% theoretical density of different W (50, 80 and 90) wt.% balance is Cu-10wt.%Sn compacts of as received W, Cu and Sn metal powder precursors were produced. Other sintered/infiltrated compact sets of W50wt.% and W80wt.%, balance is bronze 10wt.%Sn compacts of ball milled powder mixes gave sintered density 95% of theoretical density. The compacts were subjected to density measurements, shrinkage and porosity characterization. Microstructure, hardness and densification mechanisms of the sintered/infiltrated compacts were evaluated and examined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive x-ray analysis (EDX) and x-ray diffraction analysis (XRD).
  • SEM scanning electron microscopy
  • EDX energy dispersive x-ray analysis
  • XRD x-ray diffraction analysis
  • the heating up stage and the isothermal stage sintering of the compact at the core is proceeding.
  • the main sintering mechanisms at those two stages are, firstly by solid state diffusion and as the liquid phase forms particles rearrangement becomes the dominant sintering mechanism.
  • the powder starts to melt and wet the compact surfaces which now become a concentric core within the covering shell and forming the so called shell-core system.
  • the melted covering shell usually assumes spherical shape under its surface tension.
  • the melted shell enhances the sintering process of the core. It improves core protection from furnace environment, reduces oxidation and prevents contamination.
  • the heating-up stage and the isothermal stage are elapsed.
  • the strength modulus of the solidified covering shell is substantially higher than that of the not-yet-solidified soft component (mushy matrix) within the compact at the core.
  • the tensile strength of bronze10%Sn is temperature dependant. As the temperature increases from room temperature to 300 B Cthe bronze metal looses around 80% of its original ultimate tensile strength. Accordingly, the matrix component of lower strength within the core, yields under the applied external isostatic pressure and bring the W particles together and expel all voids and residual porosities out to the compact/covering shell interface leaving high dense sintered core.
  • the sintered compact i.e. the core remains under compressive stress even after its own matrix entirely turns to solid and its temperature reaches room temperature.
  • the covering shell shields the composite compact during sintering process and prevents compact oxidation and contamination.
  • An aspect of the present invention specifies a method for producing a composite material having matrix and dispesoid phase like W-bronze, where W is the dispesoid phase and the bronze is the matrix.
  • the method comprises die pressing of the composite elemental powders to yield a green compact and then to place this compact in a ceramics mold of suitable cavity.
  • the green compact is adjusted and placed in the cavity as a concentric core surrounded by the covering shell powder.
  • the weight of the loose covering shell powder encircled the green compact is at least equal to its weight.
  • the ceramics mold and its charge are then introduced into a furnace and the green compact with the covering shell powder sinter at temperature above the shell powder melting temperature for a certain time under protective gas, hydrogen or inert gas to prevent oxidation.
  • the compact soft component metal is usually similar to the covering shell metal unless specified otherwise.
  • the core i.e. the composite green compact gets sintered and as the temperature exceeds the matrix melting temperature the liquid phase forms inside and outside the core and enhance the densification process.
  • the isothermal sintering stage entirely elapsed, the charge starts to cool down.
  • the differential thermal expansion between the core material and the covering shell material leads to a different degree of contraction depending on their materials thermal expansion coefficients.
  • the completely solidified shell starts contracting and exerting isostatic pressure on the semi solidified core. This induced pressure and stress/strain reaches its maximum degree as the temperature drops to room temperature.
  • the amount of the exerted stress/strain on the sintered compact at the core depends on the temperature gradient, the volume fraction of the W hard component owing to the lower thermal expansion coefficient and the bulk volume of the core and that of the outer shell.
  • the coefficients of thermal expansion (commonly referred to as ⁇ CTE) of the W-bronze core are.
  • ⁇ c is the thermal expansion coefficient of the sintered compact named here as the core
  • ⁇ m is the thermal expansion coefficient of the compact matrix and frequently of the covering shell as well.
  • Vf b a nd V fm are the volume fraction of the W-base metal and the bronze matrix respectively.
  • the covering shell metal shrinks and tightly hold around the core compact, which its metal matrix and despite of its similarity to the covering shell metal, is still not yet entirely solidified, exerts compressive stress/strain on it resulting in densification and pore elimination.
  • This process incorporates, hot pressing, sintering and infiltration, acting simultaneously and resulting in homogeneous pore free sintered composite structure.
  • the process of the present invention generally relates to a process for producing a metal-matrix composite of significant ⁇ CTE between the hard base-metal and the soft matrix, the process includes the steps of sintering, pressing and enforced infiltration of the metal-matrix composite compact wherein the process is driven by differential thermal expansion coefficients between shell and core materials.
  • the materials are particulate composite materials or fiber composite materials and the metal-matrix composite is composite comprising tungsten, bronze and zinc stearate binder.
  • the composite preferably includes 50 wt% of tungsten, 49 wt% of bronze and 1 wt% of zinc stearate.
  • the tungsten component of the composite is ranging from 50 wt% to 90wt%.
  • the bronze component is ranging from 10 wt% to 50 wt% wherein the zinc stearate binder of 1 wt% is added to the composite having pre-ally bronze component only.
  • the zinc stearate binder is intimately mixed with the tungsten and bronze whereas the bronze component of the composite can be pre alloyed bronze or Cu-Sn admixed bronze.
  • the weight of the Sn element in bronze is 10 % whether it is in the pre alloyed bronze or in the Cu-Sn admixed bronze.
  • the green compact is set as a core covered by bronze powder shell whereas post sintering, the tungsten-bronze composite compact becomes a concentric core in bronze solidified sphere shell.
  • the composite material can be a ball milled tungsten-Cu-Sn powder or as received tungsten-Cu-Sn elemental powder.
  • the composite could be a ball milled tungsten-pre alloy bronze as well.
  • the material of the covering sphere shell can be as received pre-alloy bronze powder or as received Cu-Sn admix powder or as received Cu elemental powder.
  • the weight of the covering shell should be at least equivalent to the weight of the compact.
  • the densification of the tungsten-bronze compacts is conducted at a temperature ranging from 1150O-MOO 1 O, preferably at 1200 °C under H 2 or H 2 /N 2 protective gas.
  • Tungsten-Cu-Sn composites In order to apply the "three in one densification invention" for the production of W80wt%-Cu18-Sn sintered compacts, a suitable ceramic mold with a certain cavity of required shape was fabricated.
  • tungsten powder of 12 ⁇ m particle size and 99.9 purity was admixed with copper powder of ⁇ 45 ⁇ m particle size, 99.5 purity and tin powder of ⁇ 45 ⁇ m particle size and 99.8 purity.
  • the amount of tungsten was 80wt% and the balance was Cu- Snl Owt. mix, no binder was used.
  • the admixture was mixed manually in small glass container for 30 minutes to avoid any sort of segregation induced by the variations in particle size and density of the mixture components. Then admixture was die pressed uniaxialy under 360 MPa.
  • the green compact disc produced was 5 gram weight of 13mm diameter and nearly 4 mm thickness and having 70% of its theoretical density.
  • the green compact was then placed in the ceramic mold cavity and covered all around by 5 g weight as received Cu-SnIO wt% powder mix.
  • the covered green compact was sintered in alumina tube furnace. The heating up rate was 8°C/min, the isothermal sintering temperature was 1150° for 3 hours and the cooling down rate was 4°C/min.
  • the "three in one densification invention" sintering process was conducted under H2/N2 gas of 20/80 wt ratio. Post sintering, the mold charge was dismantled and the solidified covering shell was machined and grinded away to extract the sintered compact.
  • the invention yielded sintered compact of 99% theoretical density with even dispersion of the W phase in Cu-Sn matrix, homogeneous, voids and cracks free structure.
  • the sintered compact had an average micro hardness value of 250 (Hv).
  • the Cu-Sn volume fraction in the sintered compact was of 36% which is very difficult to be attained by the existing conventional infiltration technology.
  • controlling the volume fraction of the soft component in the compact which is very important factor in electronic industry applications, is not a real problem as it can be designed prior to green compact production.
  • Sintered compacts of 50-90 W wt% were produced successfully by this invention. Sintered compacts of 80-90 W wt% showed the best results. Besides these parameters, other factors like, connectivity, contiguity and the particle size of the hard component have great effects on "the three in one densification invention" action.

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La présente invention concerne un procédé pour la production d'un composite métal-matrice de différence significative de coefficient de dilatation thermique entre le métal de base dur et la matrice molle. Le procédé comprend les étapes de frittage, de compression et d'infiltration forcée de l'action de compactage du composite métal-matrice, le processus étant entraîné par les coefficients de dilatation thermique différentiels entre les matériaux d'âme et d'enveloppe.
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