Abstract
The WC-8Co powder, crushed and milled from recycled hard
metals, was compacted
with the pulsed electric current sintering method. The
smallest particles were of the size about
0.4 ìm and agglomerates 1-7 ìm. Effect of the sintering
temperature and heating rate were studied.
Hard metal was sintered to a density of 98.3% at 1613 K
within 3.5 min under 16 MPa pressure.
Density and hardness were highest for the slowest heating
regime, 98.1% and HV1 1981 kg/mm2,
respectively. Heating speed 100 K/min was used for
fabrication of fully densed samples, sintered
under pressure of 100 MPa, at 1593 K in 3 min.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 255-265 |
Journal | Estonian Journal of Engineering |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2009 |
MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Event | 18th International Baltic Conference on Engineering Materials and Tribology, BALTMATTRIB 2009 - Tallinn, Estonia Duration: 22 Oct 2009 → 23 Oct 2009 |
Keywords
- pulsed electric current sintering
- WC-Co
- microstructure
- density
- hardness