Property correlations of WC-Co with modified binders

Eso, Oladapo; Wang, Xu; Wolf, Samuel; Puzz, Travis

doi:10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2023.106482

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“…The results proved that Cu addition was beneficial in increasing the hardness and wear resistance of WC-6Co, despite the fact that the density and fracture toughness decreased correspondingly. Above all, it can be concluded that it is feasible to replace the initial Co binder phase in WC-based cermet by other metals, and certain properties can be modified in some degree by a variation in binder phase [18].…”

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Microstructure, Mechanical Properties and Wear Behaviors of Ultrafine-Grain WC-Based Cermets with Different Binder Phases Fabricated by Spark Plasma Sintering

Xu,

Wang,

Cao

et al. 2024

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In this work, to explore potential substitutions for the Co binder phase, ultrafine-grain WC-based cermets with various binder phases of Co, Ni and AlCoCrNiFeCu HEA were prepared using the SPS method. Based on SPS, WC-based cermets were fabricated at higher speed, showing fine carbide particles less than 410 μm. The microstructure, mechanical properties and wear properties were systematically evaluated. By comparison, the grain size of WC was the lowest for WC-10Co, while WC-10 HEA cermet held the coarsest WC particles. The hardness and fracture toughness of WC-10 HEA were the best among all three samples, with values of 93.2 HRA and 11.3 MP·m1/2. However, the bending strength of WC-10HEA was about 56.1% lower than that of WC-10Co, with a value of 1349.6 MPa. The reduction in bending strength is attributed to the lower density, formation of a newly Cr-Al rich phase and coarser WC grains. In dry sliding wear conditions, WC-10 HEA showed the lowest wear rate (0.98 × 10−6 mm3/(N·m)) and coefficient of friction (0.19), indicating the best wear resistance performance. This reveals that WC-based cermet with a HEA binder phase has superior wear performance due to the higher hardness and good self-lubricating effect of the wear products.

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