Abstract
AbstractIn the first stage of this work, the master nanocomposite of niobium carbide (NbC)–Cu (ceramic‐based nanocomposite) was synthesized by a mechanically induced magnesiothermic combustion in the Nb2O5/CuO/Mg/C system. Ignition time in this system was recorded to be ∼28 min of milling. In the second stage, appropriate amounts of NbC–Cu nanocomposite powder were mixed with pure copper powder to prepare Cu‐based nanocomposite with 0, 5, 10, 15, and 20 volume fraction of NbC. The final metal matrix nanocomposite powder was sintered by spark plasma sintering method. The density of nanocomposite specimens decreased with increasing the percentage of NbC nanoparticles, while the microhardness of specimens increased with increasing nano‐NbC content. Regarding the tensile test, the sample Cu–10 vol.% NbC nanocomposite with a strength of 372 MPa (∼63% higher than that of nonreinforced copper) was the best composition, and the nanocomposite strength decreased at higher NbC concentrations, mostly due to the agglomeration and nonhomogeneous distribution of reinforcing nanoparticles.
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