Wachowicz Joanna, Kruzel Robert, Bałaga Zbigniew, Ostrowska Agnieszka, Dembiczak Tomasz
Institute of Wood Sciences and Furniture, Department of Mechanical Processing of Wood, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska Street, 166, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland.
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czestochowa University of Technology, Akademicka Street 3, 42-201 Czestochowa, Poland.
Materials (Basel). 2023 Mar 19;16(6):2450. doi: 10.3390/ma16062450.
This article presents the microstructure, hardness, fracture toughness coefficient and phase composition of submicron WC-4Co carbides. The carbides were sintered using the innovative U-FAST (Upgraded Field Assisted Sintering Technology) method, from mixtures of WC-Co powders with an average WC grain size of 0.4 µm and 0.8 µm. The obtained sinters were characterized by a relative density above 99% of the theoretical density. The hardness of the obtained composites was above 2000 HV30, while the coefficient was about 8 MPa m.