Recent development of advanced precipitation-strengthened Cu alloys with high strength and conductivity: a review

K Yang, Y Wang, M Guo, H Wang, Y Mo, X Dong… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Precipitation-strengthened Cu alloys with high strength and conductivity (HSC) has become
widespread in the electronic and electrical industries. Although pure Cu exhibits high …

High strength and high conductivity Cu alloys: A review

HY Yang, ZC Ma, CH Lei, L Meng, YT Fang… - Science China …, 2020 - Springer
High strength and high conductivity (HSHC) Cu alloys are widely used in many fields, such
as high-speed electric railway contact wires and integrated circuit lead frames. Pure Cu is …

Phase transformation behaviors and properties of a high strength Cu-Ni-Si alloy

Q Lei, Z Xiao, W Hu, B Derby, Z Li - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2017 - Elsevier
High strength and high electrically conductivity Cu-Ni-Si alloys are important candidate
materials for extending the life of currently used elastic-conductor materials. Phase …

Microstructure and properties of Cu-Cr-Nb alloy with high strength, high electrical conductivity and good softening resistance performance at elevated temperature

X Guo, Z Xiao, W Qiu, Z Li, Z Zhao, X Wang… - Materials Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Cu-0.47 Cr-0.16 Nb (wt%) alloys were designed and prepared, and the
microstructures of the Cu-Cr-Nb alloy were investigated using transmission electron …

[HTML][HTML] A review of microstructure and texture evolution with nanoscale precipitates for copper alloys

Y Geng, Y Ban, B Wang, X Li, K Song, Y Zhang… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Copper alloys are widely used in the lead frame, high-speed railway and other applications
due to their high electrical conductivity and adequate mechanical properties. In this work, the …

Effects of minor rare earths on the microstructure and properties of Cu-Cr-Zr alloy

W Wang, J Zhu, N Qin, Y Zhang, S Li, Z Xiao… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The effects of minor rare earths, such as Sc, Er, and Y, on the microstructure and properties
of Cu-Cr-Zr alloys, were studied systematically. Microstructure evolutions and properties …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing the comprehensive properties of as-cast Cu–Ni–Si alloys by continuous extrusion combined with subsequent thermomechanical treatment

H Fu, Y Yin, Y Zhang, M Zhang, X Yun - Materials & Design, 2022 - Elsevier
Producing high-strength and high electrical conductivity Cu–Ni–Si alloys from as-cast state
to thin strips is a challenging issue in the industry, as high-temperature homogenization …

Correlations between microstructures and properties of Cu-Ni-Si-Cr alloy

Y Wu, Y Li, J Lu, S Tan, F Jiang, J Sun - Materials Science and Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract A commercial Cu-Ni-Si-Cr alloy used as a model material was annealed and then
peak-aged. The detailed microstructure and property analyses were performed to determine …

Effects of pre-aging on microstructure and properties of Cu-Ni-Si alloys

Y Jia, Y Pang, J Yi, Q Lei, Z Li, Z Xiao - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2023 - Elsevier
Thermal-mechanical treatment is critical for the synthesis of Cu-Ni-Si alloys with high
strength and conductivity. In this work, a high-temperature/short-time pre-aging treatment …

Microstructure and mechanical properties of a high strength Cu-Ni-Si alloy treated by combined aging processes

Q Lei, Z Li, Y Gao, X Peng, B Derby - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract High strength Cu-Ni-Si alloys were potential elastic conductive materials due to
their high strength and high electrical conductivity. To address the trade-off between strength …