Abstract: An impregnated sintered material for making electrical contact members which have a low fusing force and little burning in which a powder mixture of W, Ag and/or Cu, a wetting promoting metal, and 2 to 5 percent by weight graphite is granulated thermically, and another 1 to 6 percent by weight graphite admixed to the granules, after which the mixture is compacted to form a skeleton and impregnated with Ag and/or Cu. The carbon contained in the finished material is partly in bound form as WC and partly free carbon in a 1:5 to 5:1 ratio.
Abstract: A method of producing a ferrous alloy material having improved wear resistance comprising (1) mixing powders of a ferrous alloy, tungsten and optionally at least one element selected from the group consisting of C, Ni, Mn, Mo, Cr, and Cu, (2) sintering the mixture of powders of step (1) to form a sintered product, (3) infiltrating the sintered product of step (2) with molten copper or a copper alloy to produce an infiltrated sintered product and (4) cooling the infiltrated sintered product of step (3).