High strength-high conductivity Cu--Fe composites produced by powder compaction/mechanical reduction

A particulate mixture of Cu and Fe is compacted and mechanically reduced to form an in-situ Cu-Fe composite having high strength and high conductivity. Compaction and mechanical reduction of the particulate mixture are carried out at a temperature and time at temperature selected to avoid dissolution of Fe into the Cu matrix particulates to a harmful extent that substantially degrades the conductivity of the Cu-Fe composite