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Influence of Cr(3)C(2) and VC Content on WC Grain Size, WC Shape and Mechanical Properties of WC–6.0 wt. % Co Cemented Carbides

In this paper, the influences of Cr(3)C(2)/VC content on WC grain size, WC grain shape and mechanical properties of WC–6 wt. % Co cemented carbides were investigated. The results showed that the grain size first rapidly decreased and then slightly decreased with the increasing Cr(3)C(2)/VC content,...

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Autores principales: Yin, Chao, Peng, Yingbiao, Ruan, Jianming, Zhao, Lin, Zhang, Ren, Du, Yong
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8004746/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33809990
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14061551
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author Yin, Chao
Peng, Yingbiao
Ruan, Jianming
Zhao, Lin
Zhang, Ren
Du, Yong
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Ruan, Jianming
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Zhang, Ren
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description In this paper, the influences of Cr(3)C(2)/VC content on WC grain size, WC grain shape and mechanical properties of WC–6 wt. % Co cemented carbides were investigated. The results showed that the grain size first rapidly decreased and then slightly decreased with the increasing Cr(3)C(2)/VC content, and VC led to finer grain size and narrower size distribution. HRTEM/EDS analysis of the WC/Co interface indicates that the segregation concentration of V is much larger than that of Cr, which may be a strong response to the higher inhibition efficiency of VC. The addition of Cr(3)C(2) induced triangular prism shape WC grains while VC generated stepped triangular prism grains. Despite the grain growth inhibitor (GGI) mechanisms of Cr(3)C(2)/VC have been extensively studied in the literature, the doping amount, especially the doping limit, has not been systematically investigated. In this work, the saturated solubilities of Cr and V in cobalt binder phase along with carbon content hare been predicted based on thermodynamic calculations. Based on the theoretical calculations, the doping amount of Cr(3)C(2)/VC is designed to be gradually increasing until more or less over their maximum solubilities in the binder phase, thereby investigating the subsequent microstructure and mechanical properties. When the doping of Cr(3)C(2)/VC exceeds the maximum solubility in Co phase, Co-rich Cr-carbides and Co-deficient V-carbides would form respectively, which were detrimental to the transverse rupture strength (TRS) and impact toughness. The hardness increased with the increasing Cr(3)C(2)/VC content, while the fracture toughness decreased with the increasing Cr(3)C(2)/VC content. The TRS initially enhanced and then declined, but the stepped triangular prism shape grains and low fraction of WC/Co interface in WC–6Co–VC cemented carbide led to a more pronounced decline in the TRS. The sample with 0.6 wt. % Cr(3)C(2) addition had good comprehensive mechanical properties, its hardness, fracture toughness and TRS were 1880 kg/mm(2), 9.32 MPa·m(1/2) and 3450 MPa, respectively.
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spelling pubmed-80047462021-03-29 Influence of Cr(3)C(2) and VC Content on WC Grain Size, WC Shape and Mechanical Properties of WC–6.0 wt. % Co Cemented Carbides Yin, Chao Peng, Yingbiao Ruan, Jianming Zhao, Lin Zhang, Ren Du, Yong Materials (Basel) Article In this paper, the influences of Cr(3)C(2)/VC content on WC grain size, WC grain shape and mechanical properties of WC–6 wt. % Co cemented carbides were investigated. The results showed that the grain size first rapidly decreased and then slightly decreased with the increasing Cr(3)C(2)/VC content, and VC led to finer grain size and narrower size distribution. HRTEM/EDS analysis of the WC/Co interface indicates that the segregation concentration of V is much larger than that of Cr, which may be a strong response to the higher inhibition efficiency of VC. The addition of Cr(3)C(2) induced triangular prism shape WC grains while VC generated stepped triangular prism grains. Despite the grain growth inhibitor (GGI) mechanisms of Cr(3)C(2)/VC have been extensively studied in the literature, the doping amount, especially the doping limit, has not been systematically investigated. In this work, the saturated solubilities of Cr and V in cobalt binder phase along with carbon content hare been predicted based on thermodynamic calculations. Based on the theoretical calculations, the doping amount of Cr(3)C(2)/VC is designed to be gradually increasing until more or less over their maximum solubilities in the binder phase, thereby investigating the subsequent microstructure and mechanical properties. When the doping of Cr(3)C(2)/VC exceeds the maximum solubility in Co phase, Co-rich Cr-carbides and Co-deficient V-carbides would form respectively, which were detrimental to the transverse rupture strength (TRS) and impact toughness. The hardness increased with the increasing Cr(3)C(2)/VC content, while the fracture toughness decreased with the increasing Cr(3)C(2)/VC content. The TRS initially enhanced and then declined, but the stepped triangular prism shape grains and low fraction of WC/Co interface in WC–6Co–VC cemented carbide led to a more pronounced decline in the TRS. The sample with 0.6 wt. % Cr(3)C(2) addition had good comprehensive mechanical properties, its hardness, fracture toughness and TRS were 1880 kg/mm(2), 9.32 MPa·m(1/2) and 3450 MPa, respectively. MDPI 2021-03-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8004746/ /pubmed/33809990 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14061551 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Zhao, Lin
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Influence of Cr(3)C(2) and VC Content on WC Grain Size, WC Shape and Mechanical Properties of WC–6.0 wt. % Co Cemented Carbides
title Influence of Cr(3)C(2) and VC Content on WC Grain Size, WC Shape and Mechanical Properties of WC–6.0 wt. % Co Cemented Carbides
title_full Influence of Cr(3)C(2) and VC Content on WC Grain Size, WC Shape and Mechanical Properties of WC–6.0 wt. % Co Cemented Carbides
title_fullStr Influence of Cr(3)C(2) and VC Content on WC Grain Size, WC Shape and Mechanical Properties of WC–6.0 wt. % Co Cemented Carbides
title_full_unstemmed Influence of Cr(3)C(2) and VC Content on WC Grain Size, WC Shape and Mechanical Properties of WC–6.0 wt. % Co Cemented Carbides
title_short Influence of Cr(3)C(2) and VC Content on WC Grain Size, WC Shape and Mechanical Properties of WC–6.0 wt. % Co Cemented Carbides
title_sort influence of cr(3)c(2) and vc content on wc grain size, wc shape and mechanical properties of wc–6.0 wt. % co cemented carbides
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8004746/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33809990
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14061551
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