Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to solve the technical problem of providing a preparation method of a copper-plated basalt fiber reinforced copper-based composite material, which comprises the steps of forming a copper plating layer on the surface of basalt fiber by an electroless copper plating method, so that the interface combination of basalt fiber and copper is improved; on the other hand, by adopting electric field to assist sintering, the sintering temperature is reduced, the heat preservation time is shortened, the damage of high temperature heat cycle to the mechanical property of basalt fiber is reduced, and the mechanical property of the copper-based composite material is further improved.
In order to solve the technical problems, the invention provides the following technical scheme:
the invention provides a preparation method of a copper-plated basalt fiber reinforced copper-based composite material, which comprises the following steps:
s1, preheating basalt fibers, and then coarsening with hydrofluoric acid;
s2, placing the coarsened basalt fiber into a copper plating solution for electroless copper plating treatment;
s3, mixing the basalt fiber subjected to copper plating with copper powder, then pressing and forming, and preparing the copper-plated basalt fiber reinforced copper-based composite material through spark plasma sintering, wherein the content of the copper-plated basalt fiber in the copper-based composite material is 1-3 wt.%.
Further, in step S1, the diameter of the basalt fiber is 8-12 μm.
In the invention, the original basalt fiber is firstly subjected to preheating treatment before copper plating, so that the organic coating on the surface of the basalt fiber can be removed, and the subsequent electroless copper plating is facilitated.
Further, in step S1, the heating temperature of the preheating treatment is 350-450 ℃, the heat preservation time is 10-30 min, and the heating vacuum degree is higher than 5 multiplied by 10 -3 Pa. If the heat treatment is performed in air, defects are easily formed on the surface of the basalt fiber, and oxidation of ferrous ions in the basalt fiber is caused, resulting in a significant decrease in fiber strength. According to the invention, the formation of basalt fiber surface defects can be reduced by carrying out heat treatment in vacuum, and the crystallization of basalt can be promoted by vacuum, so that the high temperature resistance of the basalt is improved, and the strength reduction caused in the sintering preparation process of the composite material is reduced. And, in the basalt fiber heat treatment process, the higher the temperature and the longer the time, the more the fiber strength is reduced. The invention can reduce the decrease of the fiber strength in the subsequent sintering heat treatment process by controlling the heat treatment temperature to be 350-450 ℃ and the heat preservation time to be 10-30 min.
Further, in step S1, the roughening treatment is: and (3) soaking the basalt fiber after the preheating treatment in an HF solution with the weight of 2-8% for 5-10 min, and then cleaning the basalt fiber by adopting absolute ethyl alcohol. The roughening treatment can increase the surface roughness of the basalt fiber, so that the bonding capability of the basalt fiber and the copper plating layer is improved.
Further, in step S2, the electroless copper plating process includes:
putting basalt fiber into a sensitization solution for ultrasonic vibration for 30-60 min, wherein the sensitization solution comprises the following formula: snCl 2 20-30 g/L,37wt.% HCl 40-60 mL/L, and deionized water as the rest;
then, putting the sensitized basalt fiber into an activating solution, carrying out ultrasonic vibration for 30-60 min, and carrying out vacuum drying after ethanol cleaning; wherein said at least one ofThe formula of the activating solution is as follows: pdCl 2 0.5-1 g/L,37wt.% HCl 5-10 mL/L, and deionized water as the rest;
finally, placing the basalt fiber subjected to activation treatment in an electroless copper plating solution, heating the copper plating solution to 35-45 ℃, continuously stirring for 3-5 min, filtering, cleaning for multiple times, and drying to obtain the copper plating basalt fiber; wherein, the formula of the electroless copper plating solution is as follows: 20-30 g/L of disodium ethylenediamine tetraacetate, 20-25 g/L of cupric sulfate pentahydrate, 10-14 g/L of sodium hydroxide, 15-20 mL/L of formaldehyde solution, 20-30 g/L of potassium sodium tartrate and the balance of deionized water.
Further, in step S3, the copper powder is micro copper powder or nano copper powder.
Further, in the step S3, the pressure of the compression molding is 60-80 MPa, and the pressure maintaining time is 15-20 min.
Compared with the traditional hot-pressing sintering method, the invention adopts high-vacuum and rapid-heating electric field assisted sintering, has high temperature rising speed and short heat preservation time, and can obviously reduce the strength loss of basalt fibers in the sintering process. Further, in the step S3, the heating speed of the spark plasma sintering is 100-200 ℃/min, the sintering temperature is 550-750 ℃, the heat preservation time is 5-10 min, and the sintering pressure is 50-80 MPa.
Further, in the present invention, the degree of vacuum during sintering is higher than 5×10 -3 Pa. The high vacuum is beneficial to reducing the defects of the fiber surface, promoting the crystallization of basalt, further improving the high temperature resistance and reducing the strength loss in the sintering process. In some solutions in the prior art, the sintering is performed under the protection of an inert atmosphere, but the inert atmosphere can only reach 10 -1 ~10 -2 Pa, and the evacuation can reach a higher vacuum. Therefore, the invention controls the vacuum degree to be higher than 5 multiplied by 10 by vacuumizing -3 Pa, compared with inert atmosphere protection, can better reduce the strength loss of basalt fiber.
In the invention, after sintering is finished, cooling to below 50 ℃ along with the furnace and taking out.
In a second aspect, the invention provides a copper-plated basalt fiber reinforced copper-based composite material prepared by the method.
In a third aspect, the invention provides application of the copper-plated basalt fiber reinforced copper-based composite material in friction materials.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:
1. compared with the traditional high-price fibers such as carbon fibers, the basalt fibers used in the invention have the advantages of wide sources, abundant resources, small gap between the performance and the high-performance fibers such as carbon fibers, and remarkably reduced cost.
2. The interface combination between basalt fiber and copper is improved after the basalt fiber is roughened by hydrofluoric acid and treated by electroless copper plating.
3. The crystallization of the basalt fiber is promoted by the preheating treatment, so that the high temperature resistance of the basalt fiber is improved. Meanwhile, the electric field assisted sintering with high vacuum and rapid heating is adopted, so that the strength loss of basalt fibers in the sintering process is reduced.
4. The basalt fiber reinforced copper-based composite material has wide application prospect in the field of friction materials requiring high friction stability and high wear resistance.
Detailed Description
The present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific examples, which are not intended to be limiting, so that those skilled in the art will better understand the invention and practice it.
Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used herein in the description of the invention is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. The term "and/or" as used herein includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.
The experimental methods used in the following examples are conventional methods unless otherwise specified.
Example 1
The embodiment discloses a preparation method of a copper-plated basalt fiber reinforced copper-based composite material, which comprises the following steps:
(1) Placing the original basalt fiber into a vacuum furnace, wherein the vacuum degree is 1-3×10 -3 Pa, heating to 400 ℃, and preserving heat for 20min. And (3) turning off the power supply, taking the basalt fiber out of the furnace when the temperature in the furnace is reduced to below 50 ℃, and obtaining the basalt fiber after the preheating treatment. The original morphology of basalt fiber is shown in fig. 1.
(2) And (3) immersing the basalt fiber obtained in the step (1) in an HF solution of 4wt.% for 10min, and carrying out surface roughening treatment.
(3) And (3) putting the basalt fiber obtained in the step (2) into a sensitization solution, carrying out ultrasonic vibration for 30min, then putting into an activation solution, carrying out ultrasonic vibration for 30min, and washing and drying with alcohol for many times. The formulation of the sensitization solution is: snCl 2 20g/L;37wt.% HCl,40mL/L; the rest is deionized water. The ratio of the activating solution is as follows: pdCl 2 0.5g/L;37wt.% HCl,5mL/L; the rest is deionized water.
(4) And (3) putting the sensitized and activated basalt fiber into a copper plating solution, heating the copper plating solution to 40 ℃, continuously stirring for 5min, filtering, cleaning for multiple times, and drying to obtain the copper plating basalt fiber. The formulation of the electroless copper plating solution is: disodium ethylenediamine tetraacetate, 28g/L; copper sulfate pentahydrate, 20g/L; 12g/L of sodium hydroxide; formaldehyde solution, 15mL/L; potassium sodium tartrate, 20g/L; the balance of deionized water.
The microscopic morphology of the copper plated basalt fiber is shown in fig. 2. From the figure, basalt fibers are completely covered by a copper plating layer, and the copper plating layer is uniform and compact in thickness and free of microscopic defects.
(5) 3g of copper-plated basalt fiber and 97g of electrolytic copper powder are taken to be placed into a mixing tank, the mixing tank is arranged on a mixer to mix materials for 4 hours, and the rotation speed of the mixer is 150r/min, so that composite powder is obtained.
(6) Putting the composite powder into a stainless steel die with the inner diameter of phi 40mm, and cold-pressing and molding under a hydraulic press. The cold pressing pressure is 60MPa, and the pressure maintaining time is 20min, so that a sintered blank is obtained.
(7) And (3) filling the sample subjected to cold press molding into a graphite mold with the inner diameter of phi 40mm, and sintering in a discharge plasma sintering furnace. The sintering vacuum degree is 1-3 multiplied by 10 -3 Pa, the sintering temperature is 650 ℃, the heating speed is 100 ℃/min, the heat preservation time is 5min, the sintering pressure is 60MPa, and the copper-plated basalt fiber reinforced copper-based composite material is obtained after cooling to below 50 ℃ along with a furnace and taking out after sintering.
The microstructure of the composite after sintering is shown in fig. 3. As can be seen from the figure, basalt fibers are uniformly distributed, and no agglomeration phenomenon exists. The composite material has compact structure and no defects such as air holes, cracks and the like.
Example 2
The embodiment discloses a preparation method of a copper-plated basalt fiber reinforced copper-based composite material, which comprises the following steps:
(1) Placing the original basalt fiber into a vacuum furnace, wherein the vacuum degree is 1-3×10 -3 Pa, heating to 400 ℃, and preserving heat for 20min. And (3) turning off the power supply, taking the basalt fiber out of the furnace when the temperature in the furnace is reduced to below 50 ℃, and obtaining the basalt fiber after the preheating treatment.
(2) And (3) immersing the basalt fiber obtained in the step (1) in an HF solution of 4wt.% for 10min, and carrying out surface roughening treatment.
(3) And (3) putting the basalt fiber obtained in the step (2) into a sensitization solution, carrying out ultrasonic vibration for 30min, then putting into an activation solution, carrying out ultrasonic vibration for 30min, and washing and drying with alcohol for many times. The formulation of the sensitization solution is: snCl 2 20g/L;37wt.% HCl,40mL/L; the rest is deionized water. The ratio of the activating solution is as follows: pdCl 2 0.5g/L;37wt.% HCl,5mL/L; the remainder isThe balance of deionized water.
(4) And (3) putting the sensitized and activated basalt fiber into a copper plating solution, heating the copper plating solution to 40 ℃, continuously stirring for 5min, filtering, cleaning for multiple times, and drying to obtain the copper plating basalt fiber. The formulation of the electroless copper plating solution is: disodium ethylenediamine tetraacetate, 28g/L; copper sulfate pentahydrate, 20g/L; 12g/L of sodium hydroxide; formaldehyde solution, 15mL/L; potassium sodium tartrate, 20g/L; the balance of deionized water.
(5) 2g of copper-plated basalt fiber and 98g of electrolytic copper powder are taken to be placed into a mixing tank, the mixing tank is arranged on a mixer to mix materials for 4 hours, and the rotation speed of the mixer is 150r/min, so that composite powder is obtained.
(6) Putting the composite powder into a stainless steel die with the inner diameter of phi 40mm, and cold-pressing and molding under a hydraulic press. The cold pressing pressure is 60MPa, and the pressure maintaining time is 20min, so that a sintered blank is obtained.
(7) And (3) filling the sample subjected to cold press molding into a graphite mold with the inner diameter of phi 40mm, and sintering in a discharge plasma sintering furnace. The sintering vacuum degree is 1-3 multiplied by 10 -3 Pa, the sintering temperature is 650 ℃, the heating speed is 100 ℃/min, the heat preservation time is 5min, the sintering pressure is 60MPa, and the copper-plated basalt fiber reinforced copper-based composite material is obtained after cooling to below 50 ℃ along with a furnace and taking out after sintering.
Example 3
The embodiment discloses a preparation method of a copper-plated basalt fiber reinforced copper-based composite material, which comprises the following steps:
(1) Placing the original basalt fiber into a vacuum furnace, wherein the vacuum degree is 1-3×10 -3 Pa, heating to 400 ℃, and preserving heat for 20min. And (3) turning off the power supply, taking the basalt fiber out of the furnace when the temperature in the furnace is reduced to below 50 ℃, and obtaining the basalt fiber after the preheating treatment.
(2) And (3) immersing the basalt fiber obtained in the step (1) in an HF solution of 4wt.% for 10min, and carrying out surface roughening treatment.
(3) Putting the basalt fiber obtained in the step (2) into a sensitization solution, performing ultrasonic vibration for 30min, then putting into an activation solution, performing ultrasonic vibration for 30min, and performing alcohol treatmentWashing and drying for multiple times. The formulation of the sensitization solution is: snCl 2 20g/L;37wt.% HCl,40mL/L; the rest is deionized water. The ratio of the activating solution is as follows: pdCl 2 0.5g/L;37wt.% HCl,5mL/L; the rest is deionized water.
(4) And (3) putting the sensitized and activated basalt fiber into a copper plating solution, heating the copper plating solution to 40 ℃, continuously stirring for 5min, filtering, cleaning for multiple times, and drying to obtain the copper plating basalt fiber. The formulation of the electroless copper plating solution is: disodium ethylenediamine tetraacetate, 28g/L; copper sulfate pentahydrate, 20g/L; 12g/L of sodium hydroxide; formaldehyde solution, 15mL/L; potassium sodium tartrate, 20g/L; the balance of deionized water.
(5) 2g of copper-plated basalt fiber and 98g of electrolytic copper powder are taken to be placed into a mixing tank, the mixing tank is arranged on a mixer to mix materials for 4 hours, and the rotation speed of the mixer is 150r/min, so that composite powder is obtained.
(6) Putting the composite powder into a stainless steel die with the inner diameter of phi 40mm, and cold-pressing and molding under a hydraulic press. The cold pressing pressure is 60MPa, and the pressure maintaining time is 20min, so that a sintered blank is obtained.
(7) And (3) filling the sample subjected to cold press molding into a graphite mold with the inner diameter of phi 40mm, and sintering in a discharge plasma sintering furnace. The sintering vacuum degree is 1-3 multiplied by 10 -3 Pa, the sintering temperature is 650 ℃, the heating speed is 120 ℃/min, the heat preservation time is 5min, the sintering pressure is 60MPa, and the copper-plated basalt fiber reinforced copper-based composite material is obtained after cooling to below 50 ℃ along with a furnace and taking out after sintering.
Comparative example 1
And (1) putting 3g basalt fiber which is not subjected to the treatment in the steps (1), (2), (3) and (4) in the embodiment 1 and 97g electrolytic copper powder into a mixing tank, and mounting the mixing tank on a mixer to mix for 4 hours, wherein the rotation speed of the mixer is 150r/min, so as to obtain composite powder.
(2) Putting the composite powder into a stainless steel die with the inner diameter of phi 40mm, and cold-pressing and molding under a hydraulic press. The cold pressing pressure is 60MPa, and the pressure maintaining time is 20min, so that a sintered blank is obtained.
(3) Filling the cold-pressed sample into a sample with an inner diameter of phi 40mmIn the graphite mold, sintering is performed in a spark plasma sintering furnace. The sintering vacuum degree is 1-3 multiplied by 10 -3 Pa, the sintering temperature is 650 ℃, the heating speed is 100 ℃/min, the heat preservation time is 5min, the sintering pressure is 60MPa, and the copper-plated basalt fiber reinforced copper-based composite material is obtained after cooling to below 50 ℃ along with a furnace and taking out after sintering.
Comparative example 2
8g basalt fiber treated in the steps (1), (2), (3) and (4) in the embodiment 1 and 97g electrolytic copper powder are put into a mixing tank, the mixing tank is arranged on a mixer for mixing for 4 hours, and the rotation speed of the mixer is 150r/min, so that composite powder is obtained.
(2) Putting the composite powder into a stainless steel die with the inner diameter of phi 40mm, and cold-pressing and molding under a hydraulic press. The cold pressing pressure is 60MPa, and the pressure maintaining time is 20min, so that a sintered blank is obtained.
(3) And (3) filling the sample subjected to cold press molding into a graphite mold with the inner diameter of phi 40mm, and sintering in a discharge plasma sintering furnace. The sintering vacuum degree is 1-3 multiplied by 10 -3 Pa, the sintering temperature is 650 ℃, the heating speed is 100 ℃/min, the heat preservation time is 5min, the sintering pressure is 60MPa, and the copper-plated basalt fiber reinforced copper-based composite material is obtained after cooling to below 50 ℃ along with a furnace and taking out after sintering.
Comparative example 3
And (1) putting 3g basalt fiber treated in the steps (1), (2), (3) and (4) in the embodiment 1 and 97g electrolytic copper powder into a mixing tank, and mounting the mixing tank on a mixer to mix for 4 hours, wherein the rotation speed of the mixer is 150r/min, so as to obtain composite powder.
(2) Putting the composite powder into a stainless steel die with the inner diameter of phi 40mm, and cold-pressing and molding under a hydraulic press. The cold pressing pressure is 60MPa, and the pressure maintaining time is 20min, so that a sintered blank is obtained.
(3) And (3) filling the cold-pressed sample into a graphite mold with the inner diameter of phi 40mm, and sintering in a traditional hot-pressing sintering furnace. The sintering vacuum degree is 1-3 multiplied by 10 -3 Pa, sintering temperature 650 ℃, heating speed 20 ℃/min, heat preservation time 30min, sintering pressure 60MPa, cooling to below 50 ℃ along with a furnace after sintering is finished, and taking outAnd obtaining the copper-plated basalt fiber reinforced copper-based composite material. For traditional hot press sintering, too short a heat preservation time can result in the failure of the sample to sinter dense. Therefore, in order to obtain a density similar to that of example 1, the heat-retaining time of hot press sintering was increased to 30min.
Comparative example 4
And (1) putting 3g basalt fiber treated in the steps (1), (2), (3) and (4) in the embodiment 1 and 97g electrolytic copper powder into a mixing tank, and mounting the mixing tank on a mixer to mix for 4 hours, wherein the rotation speed of the mixer is 150r/min, so as to obtain composite powder.
(2) Putting the composite powder into a stainless steel die with the inner diameter of phi 40mm, and cold-pressing and molding under a hydraulic press. The cold pressing pressure is 60MPa, and the pressure maintaining time is 20min, so that a sintered blank is obtained.
(3) And (3) filling the sample subjected to cold press molding into a graphite mold with the inner diameter of phi 40mm, and sintering in a discharge plasma sintering furnace. The sintering vacuum degree is 1-3 multiplied by 10 -3 Pa, the sintering temperature is 800 ℃, the heating speed is 100 ℃/min, the heat preservation time is 5min, the sintering pressure is 60MPa, and the copper-plated basalt fiber reinforced copper-based composite material is obtained after cooling to below 50 ℃ along with a furnace and taking out after sintering.
Performance testing
The copper-plated basalt fiber-reinforced copper matrix composite materials prepared in examples 1 to 3 and comparative examples 1 to 4 were tested for brinell hardness, tensile strength and wear rate, and the results are shown in table 1.
Table 1 performance tables of copper-based composite materials prepared in examples and comparative examples
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Brinell Hardness (HBW)
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Tensile Strength (MPa)
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Wear rate (mg/Km)
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Example 1
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43.7
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297
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21
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Example 2
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43.1
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294
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31
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Example 3
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42.3
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288
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36
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Comparative example 1
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33.4
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208
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51
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Comparative example 2
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35.6
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231
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45
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Comparative example 3
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32.5
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192
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54
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Comparative example 4
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30.6
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177
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62 |
As can be seen from Table 1, the copper-clad basalt fiber-reinforced copper-based composite materials prepared in examples 1 to 3 have higher Brinell hardness, tensile strength and lower wear rate. The performance data of comparative example 1 and comparative example 1 can show that copper plating on the basalt fiber surface can significantly improve the mechanical and tribological properties of copper-based composite materials. As can be seen from comparative example 1 and comparative example 2, the mass range of the copper-plated basalt fiber should be 1-3%. The performance data of comparative example 1 and comparative example 3 show that basalt fiber reinforced copper matrix composites prepared by conventional hot pressed sintering have poor performance.
Fig. 4 shows fracture morphology of the composite materials obtained in example 1 and comparative example 3 after a tensile test. From the fracture morphology photo, the fiber pulling-out phenomenon exists at the fracture of the composite material prepared by spark plasma sintering, and the fiber strength is proved to be higher. The fracture phenomenon of the fiber exists on the section of the composite material prepared by traditional hot-pressing sintering, which indicates that the strength of the fiber is obviously reduced and the fiber is broken in the stretching process. The reason is that the traditional hot-pressing sintering has low temperature rising speed and long thermal cycle time, and the strength of basalt fiber is greatly reduced. Therefore, in order to maintain the excellent mechanical properties of basalt fibers, the composite material needs to adopt a proper preparation method and preparation process parameters. Comparative example 1 and comparative example 4 further illustrate that the preparation method and process of the copper-plated basalt fiber-reinforced copper-based composite material provided by the invention are more reasonable.
The above-described embodiments are merely preferred embodiments for fully explaining the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto. Equivalent substitutions and modifications will occur to those skilled in the art based on the present invention, and are intended to be within the scope of the present invention. The protection scope of the invention is subject to the claims.