Sparking plasma sintering of nanometric tungsten carbide

International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 130-139

  Zhao, Jinfeng ^a   Holland, Troy ^a   Unuvar, Cosan ^a   Munir, Zuhair A ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal grain growth; Spark plasma sintering; Tungsten carbide; W2C phase

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); CRYSTALS; ELECTRIC SPARKS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; PLASMAS; POWDERS; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN CARBIDE;

ABNORMAL GRAIN GROWTH; GRAIN SIZES; HIGH RATES; HOLD TIME; NANOMETRIC; NANOMETRIC POWDERS; PLASMA SINTERING; SINTERED MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE RANGES; UNI-AXIAL PRESSURE; W2C PHASE;

SINTERING;

EID: 53549106342     PISSN: 02634368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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