PULVERMETALLKOERPER MIT HOHER KERBSCHLAGZAEHIGKEIT UND VERFAHREN ZU SEINER HERSTELLUNG.

摘要

A copper infiltrated ferrous powder metal part infiltrated with copper or a copper alloy characterized as having after infiltration a residual uninfiltrated porosity of less than about 7 volume percent and a maximum pore size of the residual uninfiltrated porosity of less than about 125 micrometers, said porosity and pore size values being taken from a worst field of view in a functionally critical area of said metal part. Preferably, the part has an overall density of at least 7.50 g/cm<3> and a diffusion depth of copper into the steel matrix of less than about 4 micrometers as determined by chemical etching or less than about 8 micrometers as determined by electron dispersive X-ray analysis (EDXA).