Nickel/detonated nanodiamond composites were prepared using the powder metallurgy technique. Detonated nanosized diamond particles were reinforced in the nickel matrix. The investigated powder was used to prepare homogenous diamond/nickel composite mixtures with different detonated nanodiamond content of weight percentage (0.2, 0.4, 0.6, and 0.8 wt.%). The produced mixtures were cold pressed into a cylindrical die shape under compaction pressure of 400 MPa followed by sintering at 1,000°C for 120 min under a controlled atmosphere of 1:3 hydrogen/nitrogen gas mixture. Phase identification and microstructure of the produced sintered samples were investigated using X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscope, respectively. The results of the microstructure show a good distribution of the detonated nanodiamond in the nickel matrix, especially in the 0.8 wt% diamond/nickel sintered sample. The densities of the obtained sintered samples were measured by applying the Archimedes principal. As the detonated nanodiamond content was increased in the nickel matrix, the density of the sintered samples was decreased. The thermal expansion, electrical conductivity, and hardness of the produced diamond/nickel composites were measured. The coefficient of thermal expansion and electrical conductivity were decreased, but the hardness was increased by increasing the detonated nanodiamond weight percentage.
Two different concepts of electrically assisted (EA) rapid heating of Al-Si coated hot-stamping steels are compared. In "along the surface" EA heating (or simply EA surface heating), the electric current is simply applied to a specimen by clamping the each end of the specimen length with a set of flat rectangular electrodes. In "through the thickness" EA heating (or simply EA thickness heating), the electric current is applied to a specimen by attaching a set of electrodes with multiple contact points on upper and lower surfaces of the specimen. While the EA surface heating generally requires a shorter heating time due to a higher electrical resistance in the length direction, the EA thickness heating also may provide a technical advantage that the heating area can be more easily configured in a case of partial austenization.
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