Abstract:
The fracture toughness K
IC and dynamic fracture toughness K
Id and the fracture micromorphology of sintered and vacuum heat-treated heavy alloy (95W-3.5 Ni-1.5 Fe) specimens have been studied. The results show that the K
IC and K
Id of vacuum heat-treated alloys are increased with the increase of tensile strength and elongation at ambient temperature. Because heavy alloys have the high sensitivity to loading velocity, the K
IC of as-sintered and as heat-treated specimens is higher than K
Id. Therefore, it is reliable to evaluate the size of a by the value of K
Id when the alloys are used under dynamic conditions. Meanwhile,the cohesion between the interface of tungsten particle phase and bonding phase is on the increase by vacuum dehydrogenization with the result that the cleavage facets of fracture surfaces of vacuum heat-traeted K
IC and K
Id specimens increase. The increase of loading velocity causes that the cleavage facets of fracture surface of K
Id specimens are more than those of K
IC.