Open AccessTheoretical and experimental investigation of chemical mechanical polishing of W–Ni–Fe alloy
Author(s) -
Jun Guo,
Xu Shi,
Chuanping Song,
Lin Niu,
Haiyang Cui,
Xiaoguang Guo,
Zhen Tong,
Nan Yu,
Zhuji Jin,
Renke Kang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of extreme manufacturing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2631-8644
pISSN - 2631-7990
DOI - 10.1088/2631-7990/abefb8
Subject(s) - polishing , materials science , alloy , chemical mechanical planarization , surface roughness , metallurgy , slurry , grain boundary , microstructure , boundary (topology) , tungsten , surface finish , composite material , mathematical analysis , mathematics
Fine finishing of tungsten alloy is required to improve the surface quality of molds and precision instruments. Nevertheless, it is difficult to obtain high-quality surfaces as a result of grain boundary steps attributed to differences in properties of two-phase microstructures. This paper presents a theoretical and experimental investigation on chemical mechanical polishing of W–Ni–Fe alloy. The mechanism of the boundary step generation is illustrated and a model of grain boundary step formation is proposed. The mechanism reveals the effects of mechanical and chemical actions in both surface roughness and material removal. The model was verified by the experiments and the results show that appropriately balancing the mechanical and chemical effects restrains the generation of boundary steps and leads to a fine surface quality with a high removal rate by citric acid-based slurry.