High meta-stability of tungsten sub-carbide W2C formed from tungsten/carbon powder mixture during eruptive heating in a solar furnace

International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 101-106

  Almeida Costa Oliveira, Fernando ^a   Cruz Fernandes, Jorge ^b   Badie, Jean Marie ^c   Granier, Bernard ^c   Guerra Rosa, Luis ^b   Shohoji, Nobumitsu ^a  

^a INETI   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Solar furnace; Tungsten mono carbide WC; Tungsten sub carbide W2C; Ultra fast heating rate

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HEATING FURNACES; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SOLAR HEATING; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

SOLAR FURNACE; TUNGSTEN MONOCARBIDE (WC); TUNGSTEN SUB CARBIDE (W2C); ULTRAFAST HEATING RATE;

TUNGSTEN CARBIDE;

EID: 33750968175     PISSN: 02634368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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