Abstract:
The effects of SrCO
3 content by mass on the microstructure and properties of tungsten alloy electrode materials were investigated, such as relative density, hardness, electrical conductivity, and thermal conductivity. It is shown that, the microstructures can be hardly affected by the mass fraction of SrCO
3 in the range of 3%~7%. Sr
3WO
6 cluster is present, when the SrCO
3 mass fraction increases to 10%, leading to the locally uneven microstructures. The relative density of tungsten alloy gradually decreases with the SrCO
3 mass fraction increase; when the SrCO
3 mass fraction reaches 10%, the reduction tendency becomes dramatically. As to other properties, such as electrical, thermal conductivity, and hardness, the results have the same tendency. In sum, the optimum mass fraction of SrCO
3 is 7%.