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Article Dans Une Revue Materialia Année : 2024

Microstructure evolutions induced by electron beam melting of a sintered Cu-25Cr composite

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Cu-Cr alloys are used as electrical contacts for medium voltage applications because of their desirable trade-off between electrical, thermal, and mechanical properties. However, few studies have investigated the microstructural evolutions caused by an electrical arc during an electrical breakdown. Herein, electron beam melting of a Cu-25Cr (wt.%) composite fabricated by solid-state sintering is used to mimic the thermal conditions of an electrical arc. The microstructure before and after melting was characterized using synchrotron x-ray computed microtomography and directly correlated with post-mortem electron microscopy observations. The melt pool consists of different zones: a fusion zone characterized by the complete melt of both Cu and Cr phases, and a partially melted zone where only the Cu phase is melted. Pores in the matrix or at the Cu/Cr interfaces are healed upon melting. Tracking large Cr-particles reveals significant spatial evolutions attributed to convective flows.

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hal-04746398 , version 1 (21-10-2024)

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Lucas Varoto, Pierre Lhuissier, Marta Majkut, Jean-Jacques Blandin, Sophie Roure, et al.. Microstructure evolutions induced by electron beam melting of a sintered Cu-25Cr composite. Materialia, In press, ⟨10.1016/j.mtla.2024.102262⟩. ⟨hal-04746398⟩
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