Restoring WC in plasma sprayed WC-Co coatings through spark plasma sintering (SPS)

Surface and Coatings Technology

Volumn 182, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 308-317

  Yu, L G ^a   Khor, K A ^a   Li, H ^a   Pay, K C ^b   Yip, T H ^b   Cheang, P ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Decarburization; Plasma spray; Rietveld refinement; Spark plasma sintering; WC

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINTERING; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS; ZIRCONIA;

ATMOSPHERIC PLASMA SPRAY (APS); SPARK PLASMA SINTERING (SPS);

COATINGS;

COATING;

EID: 2142644738     PISSN: 02578972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2003.08.065     Document Type: Article

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