Abstract:
To optimize the brittleness of transition metal silicides at low and medium temperature, the Co
3Mo
2Si reinforced and Co-based solid solution (Co
ss) toughened Co
ss/Co
3Mo
2Si composites were
in-situ synthetised by hot pressing sintering, using metal powders as raw materials, and the microstructure and mechanical properties of Co
ss/Co
3Mo
2Si composites were studied. The results show that the Co
ss/Co
3Mo
2Si composites mainly consist of Co
3Mo
2Si ternary metal silicide phase and Coss phase in uniform distribution. With the increase of Co
3Mo
2Si ternary metal silicide phase weight fraction, the hardness increases but the bending strength decreases; with the increase of Coss phase weight fraction, the relative density and bending strength increase. The maximum bending strength can be increased from 335.7 MPa of Co
3Mo
2Si single phase to 756.2 MPa of Co
ss/Co
3Mo
2Si dual phases.