Binder-Free Tungsten Carbide Fabricated by Pulsed Electric Current Sintering

Shimojima, Koji; Hosokawa, Hiroyuki; Nakajima, Takeshi; Mizukami, Masahiko; Yamamoto, Yoshiharu

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.534-536.1153

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Binder-Free Tungsten Carbide Fabricated by Pulsed Electric Current Sintering

Abstract:

In this paper, we show some experimental results of binder-free WC sintered by Pulsed Electric Current Sintering (PECS) also known as Field Assisted Sintering Technology (FAST). These binder-free WC have extremely high hardness and stiffness. However, these mechanical properties are dependent on the sintering condition, e.g., maximum temperature, applied pressure, etc. We show some relationship between mechanical properties and sintering condition to improve to sinter the binder-free WC.

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Materials Science Forum (Volumes 534-536)

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Progress in Powder Metallurgy

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Duk Yong Yoon, Suk-Joong L. Kang, Kwang Yong Eun and Yong-Seog Kim

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1153-1156

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https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.534-536.1153

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K. Shimojima et al., "Binder-Free Tungsten Carbide Fabricated by Pulsed Electric Current Sintering", Materials Science Forum, Vols. 534-536, pp. 1153-1156, 2007

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January 2007

Authors:

Koji Shimojima, Hiroyuki Hosokawa, Takeshi Nakajima, Masahiko Mizukami, Yoshiharu Yamamoto

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Binder-Free, Field Assisted Sintering, Micro-Die, Pulse Current Sintering, Tungsten Carbide

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