WC-Co cemented carbides combine superb hardness with high toughness making them ideal for usage in metal machining and wear resistant tools. Controlling the WC grain size is important during sintering as plays a crucial role mechanical properties of material. Experimental studies have observed different growth rates morphologies W-rich C-rich materials, but mechanism behind this has not been cl...

High-entropy alloys (HEAs) hold promise for achieving excellence performance due to unconventional composition and structure. In this paper, the effect of FeCoCrNiAl HEAs as binder instead Co on microstructure WC cemented carbide was investigated. The isothermal oxidation resistance WC-HEAs carbides with 6, 10, 15 % studies at 700, 800, 900 1000 °C. results revealed that microstrcture dense, av...

In this study, the correlation existing among grinding, surface integrity, and flexural strength is investigated for WC-Co cemented carbides (hardmetals). A fine-grained WC-13 wt % Co grade and three different surface conditions: (1) ground, (2) mirror-like polished (reference), and (3) ground plus high-temperature annealed, are investigated. Surface integrity and mechanical characterization is...

Article history: Received 30 March 2016 Received in revised form 13 May 2016 Accepted 22 May 2016 Available online 24 May 2016 Powders of hexagonal (W,Ta)Cwere produced following a two-step carburization processwith (W,Ta)2C powder as an intermediate product. XRD measurements indicate that higher temperatures during the first carburization step increase the fraction of Ta in the (W,Ta)2C struct...