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Materials Science and Engineering of Powder Metallurgy  2023, Vol. 28 Issue (3): 233-243    DOI: 10.19976/j.cnki.43-1448/TF.2023011
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Pore structure and properties of capillary wicks prepared by printing process
SHEN Peng, CAI Yanbo, WANG Dezhi, LIU Xinli, DUAN Bohua
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
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Abstract  Using electrolytic dendritic copper powder with an average particle size of 55-112 μm as raw material and urea as pore forming agent, adding organic component binder, solvent and other organic matter to prepare slurry, using printing process to prepare capillary wick green, and then degreasing and sintering to prepare capillary wick with thickness of (0.2±0.02) mm. The effects of copper powder particle size, urea addition and slurry organic components on the pore structure and capillary performance of the capillary wick were studied. The results show that the addition of poreforming agent urea can increase the porosity, average pore size and permeability of the capillary wick structure, and reduce the capillary force and fractal dimension. As the particle size of copper powder decreases from 112 μm to 55 μm, the porosity, average pore size, average area, average perimeter, fractal dimension, permeability and capillary performanca parameters of the capillary wick all decrease, while the capillary force increases, its fractal dimension decreases from 1.39 to 1.20. The fractal dimension is related to the permeability, and as the permeability decreases, the fractal dimension decreases gradually. Its capillary performanca parameters are directly proportional to permeability and inversely proportional to capillary force. The capillary wick prepared by 112 μm copper powder has the best performance, the permeability is 2.02×10-10 m2, the capillary force (ΔPc) is 1.29 kPa, and the capillary performanca parameter (ΔPc·K) reaches 2.61×10-7 N.
Key wordscapillary wick      capillary performance      dendritic copper powder      printing proces      fractal dimension      permeability      capillary force     
Received: 01 March 2023      Published: 06 July 2023
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SHEN Peng,CAI Yanbo,WANG Dezhi, et al. Pore structure and properties of capillary wicks prepared by printing process[J]. Materials Science and Engineering of Powder Metallurgy, 2023, 28(3): 233-243.
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