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Nano icrystals copper material with super high strength and conductivity and method of preparing thereof

US7736448B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 16, 2003
Grant dateJun 15, 2010
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Expiry dateAug 1, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC22C1/00
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a nanocrystalline metallic material, particularly to nano-twin copper material with ultrahigh strength and high electrical conductivity and its preparation method. High-purity polycrystalline Cu material with a microstructure of roughly equiaxed submicron-sized grains (300-1000 nm) has been produced by pulsed electrodeposition technique, by which high density of growth-in twins with nano-scale twin spacing were induced in the grains. Inside each grain, there are high densities of growth-in twin lamellae. The twin lamellae with the same orientations are inter-parallel, and the twin spacing ranges from several nanometers to 100 nm with a length of 100-500 nm. This Cu material invented has more excellent performance than existing ones. The tensile yield strength and ultimate strength of the present Cu material at room-temperature can be as high as 900 MPa and 1086 MPa, respectively, and such a high tensile strength can not be achieved for the Cu materials with the same chemical composition prepared by any traditional methods. Meanwhile, the present Cu sample also keeps a good electrical conductivity, for example, the room-temperature resistivity is (1.…

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