VC, Cr3C2 doped ultrafine WC-Co cemented carbides prepared by spark plasma sintering

International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-152

  Sun, Lan ^a   Yang, Tian'En ^a   Jia, Chengchang ^b   Xiong, Ji ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

Cemented carbides; Grain growth inhibitors; Microstructure; Properties; Spark plasma sintering; WC Co

Indexed keywords

CEMENTED CARBIDES; GRAIN GROWTH INHIBITORS; PROPERTIES; SPARK PLASMA; WC-CO;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CARBIDE TOOLS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELECTRIC SPARKS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; PLASMAS; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; TUNGSTEN ALLOYS; TUNGSTEN CARBIDE;

GRAIN GROWTH;

EID: 79251593998     PISSN: 02634368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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