Effects of WC particle size on densification and properties of spark plasma sintered WC-Co cermet

International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1014-1018

  Zhao, Shixian ^a   Song, Xiaoyan ^a   Wei, Chongbin ^a   Zhang, Li ^b   Liu, Xuemei ^a   Zhang, Jiuxing ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Mechanical properties; Particle size combination; Spark plasma sintering; WC Co cermet

Indexed keywords

CO PARTICLES; CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; DENSIFICATION PROCESS; EFFECTS OF SCALE; MEAN FREE PATH; PARTICLE-SIZE COMBINATION; POWDER MIXTURES; POWDER SAMPLES; SPARK PLASMA; WC GRAIN SIZE; WC PARTICLES; WC-CO CERMET; WC-CO CERMETS;

CERMETS; ELECTRIC SPARKS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASMAS; POWDERS; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; TUNGSTEN ALLOYS;

TUNGSTEN CARBIDE;

EID: 69249240190     PISSN: 02634368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2009.07.017     Document Type: Article

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