摘要
Ultrafine-grained WC-Co bulk materials were prepared by a new method that contains pretreatment of the milled powder mixture and subsequent spark plasma sintering （SPS）. Ball milling parameters and the pretreatment temperature have significant effects on the microstructure and properties of WC-Co cermets. The prepared cermets have a mean grain size of less than 0.5 μm even with a pretreatment temperature as high as 1300℃. The WC-10wt.%Co cermet bulk prepared by the optimized milling, pretreatment, and SPS processing achieves excellent mechanical properties with a Vickers hardness of HV 1643, a fracture toughness of 13.1 MPa.m^1/2 and a transverse rapture strength of 3100 MPa.
Ultrafine-grained WC-Co bulk materials were prepared by a new method that contains pretreatment of the milled powder mixture and subsequent spark plasma sintering （SPS）. Ball milling parameters and the pretreatment temperature have significant effects on the microstructure and properties of WC-Co cermets. The prepared cermets have a mean grain size of less than 0.5 μm even with a pretreatment temperature as high as 1300℃. The WC-10wt.%Co cermet bulk prepared by the optimized milling, pretreatment, and SPS processing achieves excellent mechanical properties with a Vickers hardness of HV 1643, a fracture toughness of 13.1 MPa.m^1/2 and a transverse rapture strength of 3100 MPa.
基金
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 50401001 and 50671001)
the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in Universities of China (No. NCET-06-0182)
