Preparation and Performance of Sintered Fe-2Cu-2Mo-0.8C Materials Containing Different Forms of Molybdenum Powder

Fe-2Cu-2Mo-0.8C powder mixtures were prepared by mixing Fe, Cu and C elemental powders with different forms of Mo-containing powder (pure Mo powder, prealloyed Mo-Fe powder and mechanically alloyed Mo-Fe powder, respectively). The powder mixtures were warm pressed under different pressures and temperatures. Properties of the green compacts and the sintered parts were tested to investigate the effects of the different ways of introducing molybdenum. The test results show that a green density of 7.32 g/cm³ was obtained for Fe-2Cu-2Mo-0.8C powder mixtures containing mechanically alloyed Mo-Fe powders, under a warm compaction pressure of 800 MPa and warm pressing temperature of 120 °C, respectively. The sintered Fe-2Cu-2Mo-0.8C specimens added with mechanically alloyed Mo-Fe powders had a density of 7.31 g/cm³, a hardness of 95 HRB and a tensile strength of 618 MPa, respectively. Compared with the sintered samples, added Mo in the forms of pure Mo and prealloyed Mo-Fe powder, the sintered parts added with mechanically alloyed Mo-Fe powders had more uniform microstructure, better mechanical and wear-resistant properties.