Micron silver particle-reinforced 316L stainless steel matrix composite and preparation method thereof

A preparation method of a micron silver particle-reinforced 316L stainless steel matrix composite, comprising the following steps:

• (1) mixing raw materials of a spherical silver powder and a spherical 316L stainless steel powder and subjecting a resulting mixture to mechanical ball milling to obtain a mixed powder, wherein, the spherical silver powder has a mass fraction of % to 5% in the mixed powder;
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• (2) sieving the mixed powder, adding a resulting powder to a powder cylinder of an SLM forming machine, and printing the resulting powder under a condition of charging an inert protective gas, to obtain the micron silver particle-reinforced 316L stainless steel matrix composite;
• wherein the micron silver particle-reinforced 316L stainless steel matrix composite comprises a 316L stainless steel matrix and silver particles uniformly distributed in the 316L stainless steel matrix, wherein, the silver particles have a weight 1% to 5% of the total weight of the micron silver particle-reinforced 316L stainless steel matrix composite;
• and the micron silver particle-reinforced 316L stainless steel matrix composite has a density of 7.9 g/cm3 to 8.2 g/cm3 and a relative density of more than 98%;
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• in step (1), milling balls used in the mechanical ball milling are made of zirconia, a ratio of a total mass of the spherical silver powder and the spherical 316L stainless steel powder to a mass of the milling balls is 1:1, and the ball milling is conducted for 4 h to 6 h.