Ultrafine WC-Ni-SiCw Cemented Carbides Fabricated by Spark Plasma Sintering

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Ultrafine WC-Ni cemented carbides with addition of SiC whisker (SiCw) were fabricated by spark plasma sintering. The microstructure and mechanical properties of the fabricated cemented carbides were investigated. It was found that the addition of SiC whisker had no obvious influence on the phase compositions of the cemented carbides, but the mean grain size of the cemented carbides decreased as the addition fraction of SiC whisker increased. The fabricated WC-Ni cemented carbides presented the highest hardness when 0.75 wt% SiC whisker was added. However, the addition of SiC whisker was detrimental to the flexural strength of the cemented carbides because of the formation of inhomogeneous microstructure in the WC-Ni cemented carbides.

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Key Engineering Materials (Volumes 512-515)

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June 2012

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