Decarburization of TiC in Ni activated sintered W-xTiC (x = 0, 5, 10, 15 wt%) composites and the effects of heat treatment on the microstructural and physical properties

International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 451-458

  Genc A ^a   Coskun S ^a   Ovecoglu M L ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Activated sintering; Decarburization; Heat treatment; Mechanical alloying; Microstructure; W TiC

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SINTERING; ANNEALED SAMPLES; DENSITY VALUE; EFFECTS OF HEAT TREATMENT; GAS FLOWING; HOT COMBUSTION; INFRARED DETECTION; MATRIX; MAXIMUM RELATIVE DENSITY; MECHANICALLY ALLOYED; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MICRO-STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; RELATIVE DENSITY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEM; SINTERED SAMPLES; SINTERING AID; SOLID SOLUTION PHASE; VICKERS MICROHARDNESS; XRD; XRD PATTERNS;

ANNEALING; DECARBURIZATION; MECHANICAL ALLOYING; METALLURGY; MICROHARDNESS; MICROSTRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE INDICATING CAMERAS; TITANIUM CARBIDE; WEAR RESISTANCE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SINTERING;

EID: 77949486259     PISSN: 02634368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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