Enhancing mechanical and structural properties of pewter alloy using microwave sintering

97%Sn 2%Cu 1%Sb (pewter) alloys were examined to determine the effect of green density, sintering time and sintering temperature on the mechanical and structural properties of the conventional and microwave sintered compacts. Two compaction loads; 30kN and 40kN were used to produce the samples wi...

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Main Author: Mohamed Ariff, Tasnim Firdaus
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
Published: 2008
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description 97%Sn 2%Cu 1%Sb (pewter) alloys were examined to determine the effect of green density, sintering time and sintering temperature on the mechanical and structural properties of the conventional and microwave sintered compacts. Two compaction loads; 30kN and 40kN were used to produce the samples with different green densities. Eight different time-temperature combinations were used for each heat treatment. Samples with a higher green density resulted in a higher sintered density and higher hardness. Longer sintering time and higher sintering temperatures resulted in higher densities, larger grain size and higher hardness for both sintering methods. However, the microwave sintered samples in general have finer microstructures, higher densities and higher hardness compared to the conventional sintered samples in a much shorter duration. Better mechanical and structural properties were achieved by microwave sintering in 15 minutes compared to conventional sintering which took 120 minutes.
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spelling iium-263152013-09-17T07:08:25Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/26315/ Enhancing mechanical and structural properties of pewter alloy using microwave sintering Mohamed Ariff, Tasnim Firdaus TN600 Metallurgy 97%Sn 2%Cu 1%Sb (pewter) alloys were examined to determine the effect of green density, sintering time and sintering temperature on the mechanical and structural properties of the conventional and microwave sintered compacts. Two compaction loads; 30kN and 40kN were used to produce the samples with different green densities. Eight different time-temperature combinations were used for each heat treatment. Samples with a higher green density resulted in a higher sintered density and higher hardness. Longer sintering time and higher sintering temperatures resulted in higher densities, larger grain size and higher hardness for both sintering methods. However, the microwave sintered samples in general have finer microstructures, higher densities and higher hardness compared to the conventional sintered samples in a much shorter duration. Better mechanical and structural properties were achieved by microwave sintering in 15 minutes compared to conventional sintering which took 120 minutes. 2008-05-21 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/26315/2/ME_ID_0120.pdf Mohamed Ariff, Tasnim Firdaus (2008) Enhancing mechanical and structural properties of pewter alloy using microwave sintering. In: International Conference on Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (ICME 2008), 21-23 May 2008, Johor.
spellingShingle TN600 Metallurgy
Mohamed Ariff, Tasnim Firdaus
Enhancing mechanical and structural properties of pewter alloy using microwave sintering
title Enhancing mechanical and structural properties of pewter alloy using microwave sintering
title_full Enhancing mechanical and structural properties of pewter alloy using microwave sintering
title_fullStr Enhancing mechanical and structural properties of pewter alloy using microwave sintering
title_full_unstemmed Enhancing mechanical and structural properties of pewter alloy using microwave sintering
title_short Enhancing mechanical and structural properties of pewter alloy using microwave sintering
title_sort enhancing mechanical and structural properties of pewter alloy using microwave sintering
topic TN600 Metallurgy
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/26315/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/26315/2/ME_ID_0120.pdf