@conference{
author = "Ružić, Jovana and Simić, Marko and Božić, Dušan and Stoimenov, Nikolay and Goshev, Stanislav and Stašić, Jelena",
year = "2023",
abstract = "Copper-zirconium alloys with the minor addition of boron were manufactured using powder metallurgy, combining mechanical alloying, hot pressing, and sintering. The influence of boron on the mechanical properties of the Cu-Zr alloys was studied on Cu-1Zr (wt.%) and Cu-1.1Zr-0.3B (wt.%) systems. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), laser nanoparticle sizer, computed tomography, and X-ray diffraction were employed for the observation of morphological and structural changes in the copper microstructure during manufacturing, as well as the development of CuZr phase and ZrB2 particles. Based on SEM and X-ray diffraction analysis, it can be seen that finely dispersed reinforcing ZrB2 particles in copper matrix occur only after the hot pressing process, and not during mechanical alloying. Mechanical properties of the copper-zirconium alloys were investigated using nanoindentation and microhardness tests. It was shown that the presence of a small boron amount, less than 3 wt.%, increases dislocation density in Cu-Zr-B powder mixture with increasing the duration of mechanical alloying. Moreover, analysis of the obtained results reviled that the addition of boron induces a higher hardening effect in Cu-Zr-B alloy compared to CuZr alloy, which results in more stable hardness values during thermomechanical treatment.",
publisher = "Belgrade : Association of Metallurgical Engineers of Serbia (AMES)",
journal = "MME SEE : 5th Metallurgical & Materials Engineering Congress of South-East Europe, June 7-10, 2023; Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina",
title = "Study of the changes in mechanical properties of the copper-zirconium alloys influenced by minor boron addition",
pages = "30-30",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_vinar_12098"
}
