TY - JOUR
T1 - The effect of wax composition on the injection molding of carbonyl iron powder with LDPE
AU - Hsu, K. C.
AU - Lin, C. C.
AU - Lo, G. M.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments-We are grateful for the support of this work by the National Science Council of The Republic of China. We are also indebted to Dr K. S. Hwang for helpful discussions concerning the manuscript.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - The effect of waxes on the injection molding of carbonyl iron powder with low-density polyethylene (LDPE) have been examined. Four waxes, paraffin wax (PW), polyethylene wax (PEW), carnauba wax (CW) and acrawax (AW) were selected and compared. Experimental results indicated that the LDPE-rich phase was found to be separated from the wax-rich phase in the binder mixture containing AW, CW or PW. Polar AW or CW showed stronger interactions or adsorptions with iron powder than other nonpolar waxes. AW/LDPE and CW/LDPE mixtures appeared to exhibit higher viscosity, greater pseudoplasticity and lower flow activation energy than PW/LDPE and PEW/LDPE mixtures. Tensile bar specimens of all binder mixtures could be injection molded at an injection temperature of around 170-190 °C, and a pressure of around 5-6 MPa. Except for the PEW/LDPE mixture the parts derived from the other three binder mixtures showed good surface appearance following debinding and sintering. Specimens based on the PW/LDPE mixture exhibited the highest tensile strength in the resulting sintered parts, followed those based on CW/LDPE, AW/LDPE, and PEW LDPE mixtures. The difference in tensile strength of each part results from different flow properties of each wax/LDPE mixture.
AB - The effect of waxes on the injection molding of carbonyl iron powder with low-density polyethylene (LDPE) have been examined. Four waxes, paraffin wax (PW), polyethylene wax (PEW), carnauba wax (CW) and acrawax (AW) were selected and compared. Experimental results indicated that the LDPE-rich phase was found to be separated from the wax-rich phase in the binder mixture containing AW, CW or PW. Polar AW or CW showed stronger interactions or adsorptions with iron powder than other nonpolar waxes. AW/LDPE and CW/LDPE mixtures appeared to exhibit higher viscosity, greater pseudoplasticity and lower flow activation energy than PW/LDPE and PEW/LDPE mixtures. Tensile bar specimens of all binder mixtures could be injection molded at an injection temperature of around 170-190 °C, and a pressure of around 5-6 MPa. Except for the PEW/LDPE mixture the parts derived from the other three binder mixtures showed good surface appearance following debinding and sintering. Specimens based on the PW/LDPE mixture exhibited the highest tensile strength in the resulting sintered parts, followed those based on CW/LDPE, AW/LDPE, and PEW LDPE mixtures. The difference in tensile strength of each part results from different flow properties of each wax/LDPE mixture.
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U2 - 10.1179/cmq.1996.35.2.181
DO - 10.1179/cmq.1996.35.2.181
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85088225209
SN - 0008-4433
VL - 35
SP - 181
EP - 187
JO - Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly
JF - Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly
IS - 2
ER -