Forging Hot Contacts

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Episode 175 of the Professor Alex Volinsky podcast. Gleeble hot compression of Al2O3-Cu/(W,Cr) contacts at 650–950 °C: chromium extruded into strips, tungsten barely deformed, higher tungsten raised flow stress, nano-alumina pinned dislocations against softening. The processing knowledge for forming these contacts undamaged — companion to episode 152. Based on the paper: Thermal Deformation Behavior of the Al2O3-Cu/(W, Cr) Electrical Contacts; X. Zhang, Y. Zhang, B. Tian, Y. Jia, Y. Liu, K. Song, A.A. Volinsky; Vacuum, 2019, Vol. 164, pp. 361–366. Hosts Elena and Marcus. AI-generated voices.

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