CH 15 Powder Metallurgy
The conventional process for producing parts in powder metallurgy is to simultaneously press and sinter metallic powders in a closed mold: (a) true or (b) false?
b
Which one of the following most closely typifies the sintering temperatures used in powder metallurgy: (a) 0.5 Tm, (b) 0.8 Tm, or (c) Tm, where Tm = melting temperature of the metal on an absolute scale?
b
A powder can be defined as a finely divided particulate solid: (a) true or (b) false?
a
After pressing in the press and sinter PM sequence, the work part is called which one of the following: (a) green compact, (b) pressed piece, (c) software, or (d) unsintered work?
a
As particle size increases, interparticle friction (a) decreases, (b) increases, or (c) remains the same?
a
In cold isostatic pressing, the mold is most typically made of which one of the following: (a) rubber, (b) sheetmetal, (c) textile, (d) thermosetting polymer, or (e) tool steel?
a
Which of the following design features would be difficult or impossible to achieve by conventional pressing and sintering (three best answers): (a) outside rounded corners, (b) side holes, (c) threaded holes, (d) vertical stepped holes, and (e) vertical wall thickness of 1/8 inch (3 mm)?
a,b,c
Which of the following processes combines pressing and sintering of the metal powders: (a) hot isostatic pressing, (b) hot pressing, (c) metal injection molding, (d) pressing and sintering, and (e) spark sintering?
a,b,e
For a given weight of metallic powders, the total surface area of the powders is increased by which of the following (two best answers): (a) larger particle size, (b) smaller particle size, (c) higher shape factor, and (d) smaller shape factor?
b,c
Impregnation refers to which of the following (two best answers): (a) filling the pores of the PM part with a molten metal, (b) putting polymers into the pores of a PM part, (c) soaking oil by capillary action into the pores of a PM part, and (d) something that should not happen in a factory?
b,c
Powder metal part shaping operations are generally considered to be net shape or near net shape processes: (a) true or (b) false?
a
Repressing refers to a pressworking operation used to compress a sintered part in a closed die to achieve closer sizing and better surface finish: (a) true or (b) false?
a
Which of the following statements are correct in the context of metallic powders (three correct answers): (a) porosity + packing factor = 1.0, (b) packing factor = 1/porosity, (c) packing factor = 1.0 - porosity, (d) packing factor = - porosity, (e) packing factor = bulk density/true density, and (f) packing factor = true density/bulk density?
a,c,e
In the water atomization process for producing metallic powders, particle size is controlled largely by the velocity of the fluid stream; higher speeds create larger particles: (a) true or (b) false?
b
The particle size that can pass through a screen is obtained by taking the reciprocal of the mesh count of the screen: (a) true or (b) false?
b
Before pressing and sintering in the conventional PM sequence, the powders are blended and/or mixed. Blending refers to which one of the following: (a) air is largely removed from the powders, (b) ceramic powders are intermingled with the metal powders to create cermets, (c) powders of different chemistries are intermingled, or (d) powders of the same chemistry but possibly different sizes are intermingled?
d
Which of the following powder shapes would tend to have the lowest interparticle friction: (a) acicular, (b) cubic, (c) flakey, (d) spherical, and (e) rounded?
d
