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Titanium carbide based hard alloys with nickel-chromium binder possess high hardness, wear and heat resistance. In order to improve physical and mechanical properties of alloys the polycarbide basis TiC-5WC-5NbC and Ni (nano Ni)-Cr binder were used. The physical and mechanical properties of the alloys with 10, 18 and 24% (wt) of the binder, which contained 7,5, 13,5 and 18% (wt) of nano Ni or fine grained Ni respectively, were studied. It is found that the use of nano nickel (70 nm) compared to fine nickel (1..2 μm) allows to obtain lower porosity, more fine-grained microstructure (d = 0,7..1 μm) and higher physical and mechanical properties of the alloys by 10..15%. Binder with nano Ni prevents formation of carbide skeleton and the nano Ni content increase results in the hardness, micro hardness, transverse rupture strength and fracture toughness increase.