Influence of oxygen concentration on mechanical properties of molybdenum powder during sintering

  • Back Kyu Lee
  • , Jung Min Oh
  • , In Jin Shon
  • , Hyung Seok Kim
  • , Jae Won Lim*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In this study, the influence of oxygen concentration on the mechanical properties of sintered bodies produced from commercial and low-oxygen molybdenum powder via pulsed-current-activated sintering was determined. The hardness of the sintered bodies increased with the sintering temperature up to 1,500 °C and then decreased with further temperature increase. The hardness of the sintered low-oxygen-molybdenum body was slightly higher than the rest of the sintered bodies. This was because the relative density of the sintered low-oxygen-molybdenum body increased more than that of others as the sintering temperature increased. Furthermore, the grain size of the sintered commercial-molybdenum body was larger than that of the sintered low-oxygen-molybdenum body. This was attributed to the positive effect of molybdenum oxide on grain growth during sintering. Thus, it was established that low-oxygen molybdenum powder can suppress grain growth during sintering, resulting in improved mechanical properties of the sintered bodies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9029-9032
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of nanoscience and nanotechnology
Volume14
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014.12.1

Keywords

  • Grain boundary
  • Molybdenum
  • Oxygen
  • PCAS

Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics

  • Materials Science
  • Engineering - Chemical
  • Chemistry
  • Physics & Astronomy
  • Biological Sciences

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