Influence of processing parameters and particle size on the properties of hot work and high speed tool steels by Spark Plasma Sintering

Materials and Design

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1796-1805

  Pellizzari, M ^a   Fedrizzi, A ^a   Zadra, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brittle fracture; Ferrous metals and alloys; Sintering

Indexed keywords

AISI H13; AISI M2; COMMERCIAL POWDERS; DENSIFICATION RATE; FERROUS METALS AND ALLOYS; FINAL DENSITY; FINE POWDERS; FULL DENSE; HIGH SPEED; HIGH-SPEED STEELS; HOT-WORK; HOT-WORK TOOL STEEL; NARROW SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; PARTICLE DISTRIBUTIONS; POWDER SINTERING; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; RESISTIVITY VARIATION; SINTERING TEMPERATURES; SMALL PARTICLES; UNIAXIAL PRESSURES;

BRITTLENESS; ELECTRIC SPARKS; FERRITES; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HARDNESS; HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING; HOT WORKING; IRON; METALLURGY; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; POWDER METALS; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; TOOL STEEL;

BRITTLE FRACTURE;

EID: 79251637339     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2010.12.033     Document Type: Article

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