Characterisation of WC-Co with cubic carbide additions

International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 244-248

  Weidow, Jonathan ^a   Zackrisson, Jenni ^b   Jansson, Bo ^b   Andrén, Hans Olof ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SECO TOOLS AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coercivity; EBSD; Grain growth inhibitor; Grain size; Hardness

Indexed keywords

BINDERS; CARBIDES; COERCIVE FORCE; CRYSTAL GROWTH; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GROWTH (MATERIALS); HARDNESS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MATERIALS; MIXTURES; OSTWALD RIPENING; POWDERS; SINTERED CARBIDES; SINTERING; TEMPERATURE INDICATING CAMERAS; TITANIUM CARBIDE; TUNGSTEN ALLOYS; TUNGSTEN CARBIDE; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

BINDER PHASE; CHARACTERISATION; COERCIVITY; EBSD; ELECTRON BACK-SCATTER DIFFRACTIONS; GRAIN GROWTH INHIBITOR; GRAIN SIZE; GROWTH INHIBITIONS; LOW ENERGIES; MILLING TIME; POWDER MIXTURES; REFERENCE MATERIALS;

GRAIN GROWTH;

EID: 59849109765     PISSN: 02634368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2008.11.007     Document Type: Article

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