Tailored sintering of VC-doped WC-Co cemented carbides by pulsed electric current sintering

International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 256-262

  Huang, S G ^a   Vanmeensel, K ^a   Li, L ^b   Van der Biest, O ^a   Vleugels, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cemented carbides; Finite element modelling; Mechanical properties; Microstructure; Spark plasma sintering (SPS)

Indexed keywords

COBALT; DENSIFICATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAIN GROWTH; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

CEMENTED CARBIDES; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATION;

TUNGSTEN CARBIDE;

EID: 38949151886     PISSN: 02634368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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