Effect of VC/Cr_3C_2 on microstructure and mechanical properties of Ti(C,N)-based cermets

Effects of VC/Cr3C2 on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Ti（C,N）-based cermets were studied. The microstructure was investigated by means of optical microscopy, X-ray diffractometry as well as scanning electron microscopy in combination with energy dispersive spectrometry. Mechanical properties, such as transverse rupture strength, hardness and fracture toughness, were measured. The results show that there are black core-grey rim structure and white core-grey rim structure in the microstructure. The grains become fine due to the VC/Cr3C2, and the grains of cermet added with 0.75VC/0.25Cr3C2 are refined most remarkably. The black core becomes finer with the increase of VC addition and rim phase becomes thicker with the decrease of Cr3C2 addition. The porosity increases with the increase of VC addition in VC/Cr3C2. Compared with the cermet free of VC/Cr3C2, the transverse rupture strength and hardness of cermets with VC/Cr3C2 are both improved, and the maximum values are both found for the cermet with 0.25VC/0.75Cr3C2. The fracture toughness can be effectively promoted by adding VC/Cr3C2 with an appropriate ratio of VC to Cr3C2, and the maximum value is found for the cermet with 0.5VC/0.5Cr3C2.

Microstructure and cutting performance of Ti(C, N)-based cermets heat-treated in nitrogen

Ti（C, N）-based cermets were treated using hot isostatic pressing （HIP） at 1423 K in nitrogen. The microstructures compared with the as-sintered cermets were investigated using X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray analysis, and electron microprobe analysis. It was found that high nitrogen activity in the surface zone resulted in the formation of gradient structure. Approximately 20-1am-deep, nitrogen-rich and titanium-rich hard surface zone was introduced by the heat treatment. The nitrogen activity was the driving force that caused the transportation of the atoms through the binder, titanium towards the surface, and tungsten and molybdenum inwards. In the surface zone, the particle size became fine, the inner rim disappeared, and the volume fraction of the outer rim and the binder phase considerably reduced. Small grains of TiN, WC, Mo2C, and nitrogen-rich carbonitlide phases formed in the surface zone during the heat treatment, improving the tlibological property of the heat-treated cermet.

Effects of molybdenum on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Ti(C,N)-based cermets with low Ni

The effects of Mo on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Ti（C,N）-based cermets with low Ni have been studied systematically. Different contents of Mo （4-12 wt.%） were added into Tl（C,N）-based cermets. Specimens were fabricated by conventional powder metallurgy and vacuum sintered at temperatures of 1440, 1450, and 1460℃ individually. The microstructure and fracture morphology were investigated by scanning electron microscope, and the mechanical properties such as transverse strength and hardness were measured. The results show that the microstructure is uniform and the thickness of rim phase is moderate when the content of Mo is 8 wt.%; the mechanical properties of the specimens sintered at 1450℃ are better than those sintered at 1440 and 1460℃. The integrated properties of transverse strength and hardness are the best when the content of Mo is 8 wt.% and the sintering temperature is 1450℃.

Effect of VC addition on the microstructure and properties of Ti(C,N)-based nano cermets

In this paper, Ti（C,N）-based nano cermets were prepared by nano particles, and the effect of VC addition on the micmstructure and properties of Ti（C,N）-based nano cermets was investigated. The results showed that there existed black-core grayish-rim strucmre as well as gray-core grayish-rim structure in VC-doped Ti（C,N）-based nano cermets. With the increase of VC addition, the number of gray cores in- creased, the lattice parameter of Ti（C,N） phase increased, the grain size decreased, the hardness and fracture toughness of Ti（C,N）-based nano cermets were enhanced, and nearly full densification could be achieved. However, excessive addition of VC to 1 wt% resulted in slight decrease in hardness and fracture toughness. Some deep dimples were found in the fracture surface of cermets with VC addition, which corresponded to ductile fracture.

Effect of Mo_2C on electrochemical corrosion behavior of Ti(C,N)-based cermets

The electrochemical corrosion behavior of Ti（C,N）-based cermets with different Mo2C additions was investigated in freely aerated 10% H2SO4 and potentiodynamic polarization of all the materials was conducted from -0.5 to 1.5 V. There are two passive regions for all polarization curves. The first should be attributed to passive film formation due to Ti（C,N）, while the second may be due to the presence of Ni. Corrosion current density increases with M02C content increasing, from 2.06×10^-3 to 6.70×10^-3 mA/cm2. It is indicated that the corrosion resistance of Ti（C,N）-based cermets decreases with the increase of Mo2C addition. A skeleton of Ti（C,N） gains is observed after dissolution of Ni. The inner rim of cermets, rich in Mo2C, is corroded along with Ni binder and is more serious with the increase of Mo2C content. The secondary carbide Mo2C can be oxidized and dissolved in sulphuric acid.

Comparative study of the fabrication of ultrafine Ti(C,N)-based cermets by spark plasma sintering and conventional vacuum sintering

Spark plasma sintering (SPS) and conventional vacuum sintering (VS) wereemployed to fabricate ultrafine Ti(C,N)-based cermets. The shrinkage behavior, microstracture, andporosity and mechanical properties of the samples fabricated by SPS were compared with those of thesamples sintered by VS using optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, universal testingmachine, and rockwell tester. The results are as follows: (1) The shrinkage process occurred mainlyin the range of 1000-1300 deg C during the VS process, and only a 0.2 percent linear shrinkage ratioappeared below 800 deg C; during the SPS process, a 60 percent dimensional change occurred below800 deg C as a result of pressure action. (2) By utilizing the SPS technique, it is difficult forobtaining fully dense Ti(C,N)-based cermets. Due to the much existence of pores and un-combinedcarbon, the mechanical properties of the sintered samples by SPS are inferior to sintered ones byVS. (3) grain size of the samples sintered by SPS is still below 0.5 urn, but not by VS; because oflow sintering temperature, there are no typical core/rim structures formed in the sintered samplesby SPS1; the main microstructures of the sintered samples by SPS2 are a white core/grey shellstructure, whereas by VS show a typical black core/grey shell structure.

牙轮钻头Ti(C,N)基金属陶瓷密封配副磨损研究

目前牙轮钻头金属密封环通常采用相同的金属材料,其磨损性能不佳,易造成金属密封因磨损严重而失效。为提高金属密封的磨损性能,提出采用Ti(C,N)基金属陶瓷作为牙轮钻头密封副,并开展其与不同材料配副的磨损试验,研究不同摩擦副的摩擦磨损性能和磨损形式;建立适用于牙轮钻头金属密封材料的数值磨损模型,开展Ti(C,N)基金属陶瓷与不同材料配副的双金属密封性能的数值模拟,基于磨损模型预测使用30 h后不同双金属密封的磨损体积。试验结果表明:当Ti(C,N)基金属陶瓷作为动摩擦副,9CrSi作为静摩擦副时,金属环表面平均磨损体积最小,同时摩擦因数较小,磨损性能更佳。通过试验与仿真数据对比,验证了建立的数值磨损模型适用于双金属密封。仿真结果表明:当Ti(C,N)基金属陶瓷作为动金属环,9CrSi作为静金属环时密封端面磨损体积最小,金属密封磨损性能显著提高,其接触应力最大值为23.243 MPa,能够满足密封要求。

Influence of preparation process on sintering behavior and mechanical properties of ultrafine grained Ti(C, N)-based cermets

The influences of forming and sintering processes on distortion, cracking as well as mechanical properties of sintered bodies of ultrafine grained Ti(C, N)-based cermets were investigated. The results show that lubricant is indispensable to fabrication of ultrafine Ti(C, N)-based cermets, however, with low binder content in powder mixture, the lubrication action of paraffin is attenuated. A appropriate level of 2% (mass fraction) paraffin is determined for a cermet with binder content of 36% (mass fraction). It is also found that the influence of compaction pressure on distortion and cracking of sintered bodies presents a complex relationship. A relatively lower or higher compaction pressure, less than 100 MPa and more than 400 MPa respectively, favors uniform density distribution in green compact. The heating rate of sintering should be strictly controlled. Too fast heating rate results in enclosed pores to burst and forms large size pores in sintering body. A heating rate of 3 ℃/min is recommended.

Effect of sintering on microstructures and properties of sub-micron Ti(C,N)-based cermets

The influence of different sintering processes, including vacuum sintering, vacuum sintering followed by HIP and sintering-HIP, on the microstructure and properties of sub-micron Ti(C,N) cermets with various binder contents was studied. Image analysis based on back-scattered electrons image observations was used to determine the morphologic and structural characteristics. Transverse rupture strength(TRS), hardness, fracture toughness were measured and TRS data were treated by Weibull statistics further. It is shown that a very significant improvement in TRS can be obtained by HIP or sintering-HIP treatment for the alloys with lower and middle binder content at the controlled cooling rate, but the effect is not obvious for the alloys with higher binder content. HIP is also helpful for improving the hardness of sub-micron Ti(C,N) cermets, however, but can lower the fracture toughness. The variation of these properties was interpreted in terms of the difference in morphologic and structural characteristics.

Microstructure and mechanical properties of Ti(C, N)-based cermets with different molybdenum contents

The microstructure and mechanical properties of Ti(C, N)-based cermets with different content Mo were studied. Different Mo contents were added into Ti(C, N)-based cermets. Effect of sintering temperature on mechanical properties of the cermets was also investigated. Specimens were fabricated by conventional powder metallurgy techniques and vacuum sintered at different temperatures. The microstructure and the fracture morphology were investigated using scanning electron microscope. Transverse strength and hardness were measured. The results show that the microstructure is uniform and the thickness of rim phase is moderate when the content of Mo is 8%. The mechanical properties are the best when the content of Mo is 8% and the sintering temperature is 1450℃.

Effect of sintering parameters on powder injection molded Ti(C, N)-based cermets

Effect of two-stage sintering parameters such as heating rate, top sintering temperature and holding time, sintering temperature and holding time at the second stage on relative density, transverse rupture strength(TRS) and microstructures of powder injection molded Ti(C, N)-based cermets were investigated, by means of Archimedes’s method, three-point bending test and micrographic analysis. The results show that the optimum sintering cycle for powder injection molded Ti(C, N)-based cermets comprises rapid heating (10℃/min) at low temperatures, slow heating (5℃/min) at intermediate temperatures, holding at the highest sintering temperature (1420℃) for a short time (10min), and holding at the second stage (1360℃) for a longer time (6h) to avoid grain coarsening, and that its TRS reaches 624MPa, and there are little pores in their microstructures.

不同量Ta的添加对Ti(C,N)基金属陶瓷显微组织和力学性能的影响

向Ti(C,N)基金属陶瓷中加入不同量的钽,随后检测了含钽量不同的金属陶瓷的显微组织和力学性能.结果表明:Ti(C,N)基金属陶瓷硬质相主要由黑芯、白色内壳和灰色外壳构成,Ta添加量超过4%的Ti(C,N)基金属陶瓷有白芯相和无芯相;随着Ta添加量的增加,硬质相的尺寸减小,Ta添加量为4%的Ti(C,N)基金属陶瓷硬质相尺寸最小;随着Ta添加量的增加,Ti(C,N)基金属陶瓷的硬度和抗弯强度先增加后减小,断裂韧度增加.

高熵合金/陶瓷在Ti(C,N)基金属陶瓷中的研究现状与展望

Ti(C,N)基金属陶瓷因其具有良好的硬度、耐磨性和化学稳定性,成为制造业中不可或缺的关键材料,进一步提高金属陶瓷材料的强韧性对扩大其应用领域和应用规模具有十分重要的意义。本文阐述了Ti(C,N)基金属陶瓷的相结构特点,并重点综述了高熵合金/陶瓷在Ti(C,N)基金属陶瓷的黏结相和添加相成分设计和制备中的应用。对高熵合金/陶瓷在金属陶瓷的主要研究方向进行了总结展望:在Ti(C,N)基金属陶瓷中加入高熵合金黏结相后组织的演变和对材料性能的影响机理需进一步研究;同时高熵陶瓷添加相在Ti(C,N)基金属陶瓷中的作用及机理也是一个重要的研究方向。

(Cr,La)_(2)(C,N)添加对Ti(C,N)基金属陶瓷结构与性能的影响

在开放体系下采用高温碳管炉制备了(Cr,La)_(2)(C,N)粉末,并将其作为添加剂制备Ti(C,N)基金属陶瓷。利用X射线衍射仪、扫描电镜、万能力学试验机及维氏硬度计等设备研究了(Cr,La)_(2)(C,N)添加对Ti(C,N)基金属陶瓷微观组织和力学性能的影响。结果表明,(Cr,La)_(2)(C,N)的添加能够有效细化Ti(C,N)基金属陶瓷的硬质相晶粒,其中Cr、La元素主要固溶于粘结相,La元素促进了硬质相的溶解–析出过程,金属陶瓷的抗弯强度、硬度以及断裂韧性等力学性能得到明显改善。当添加(Cr,La)_(2)(C,N)的质量分数为5.0%时,Ti(C,N)基金属陶瓷的综合力学性能达到最佳,抗弯强度为2002 MPa,维氏硬度为1643 MPa,断裂韧性为11.22 MPa·m^(1/2)。

Nb_(2)O_(5)含量对原位碳热还原法制备的Ti(C,N)基金属陶瓷显微组织和力学性能的影响

以原位碳热还原法制备了Ti(C,N)基金属陶瓷,研究了Nb_(2)O_(5)添加量对金属陶瓷显微组织和力学性能的影响规律。结果显示:当添加Nb_(2)O_(5)的质量分数由0增加至2.80%时,金属陶瓷硬质相晶粒明显细化,显微组织中“白芯-灰环”晶粒数量增多;室温抗弯强度、硬度、临界热震温差和高温抗弯强度有所增加,但断裂韧性略微降低。随着Nb_(2)O_(5)的添加量继续增加,金属陶瓷显微组织中出现孔洞,室温抗弯强度、硬度、临界热震温差、高温抗弯强度和断裂韧性均不断下降。当Nb_(2)O_(5)的添加量为2.80%时,金属陶瓷表现出最佳的综合力学性能,其室温抗弯强度、硬度、断裂韧性、临界热震温差和高温抗弯强度分别为:2439MPa、90.6HRA、12.8MPa•m^(1/2)、360℃、1519MPa。

Microstructure and shear strength of the brazed joint of Ti(C,N)-based cermet to steel

Firm joins were obtained between Ti（C,N）-based cermet and steel with Ag-Cu-Zn-Ni filler metal by vacuum brazing. The effects of technological parameters such as brazing temperature, holding time, and filler thickness on the shear strength of the joints were investigated. The microstructure of welded area and the reaction products of the filler metal were examined by scanning electron microscopy （SEM）, metallographic microscope （OM）, energy-dispersive X-ray analysis （EDS）, and X-ray diffraction （XRD）. The brazing temperature of 870℃, holding time of 15 min, and filler thickness of 0.4 mm are a set of optimum technological parameters, under which the maximum shear strength of the joints, 176.5 MPa, is achieved. The results of microstructure show that the wettability of the filler metal on Ti（C,N）-based cermet and steel is well. A mutual solution layer and a diffusion layer exist between the welding base materials and the filler metal.

Effect of Powder Particle Size on the Properties and Microstructure of Ti(C,N)-Based Cermet

The influence of raw powder particle size on the properties and microstructures of Ti (C, N)-based cermets has been studied. The conclusions are as follows: The microstructures of cermets were composed of two kinds of grains, the one with black cores surrounded by obvious rim structures, and the other whose cores were white with unconspicuous rim structures and adhesive phase. In the cermet made from fine powders, the amount of grains with white cores was much more than that in cermet made from coarse powders. In addition, their properties were also much better.

铬添加量对Ti(C,N)基金属陶瓷组织和性能的影响

以TiC、TiN、WC、钼粉、Cr_(3)C_(2)为硬质相原料,以镍粉和铬粉为黏结剂(添加总质量分数为25%,铬粉质量分数分别为0,2.5%,5.0%,7.5%),采用真空烧结工艺制备Ti(C,N)基金属陶瓷,研究了铬添加量对该金属陶瓷显微组织、力学性能和抗氧化性能的影响。结果表明:添加不同含量铬的Ti(C,N)基金属陶瓷晶粒均为芯-环结构,芯相为Ti(C,N),环形相为(Ti,W,Mo,Cr)(C,N)多元固溶体;随着铬添加量的增加,金属陶瓷晶粒尺寸明显变大,同时环形相的均匀性变差;随着铬添加量增加,金属陶瓷的硬度增加,抗弯强度降低,断裂韧度先升后降,当黏结相中铬质量分数为5.0%时综合力学性能最佳,抗弯强度、硬度和断裂韧度分别达到1829 MPa、90.5 HRA和11.57 MPa·m^(1/2)。当黏结相中铬质量分数为5.0%时,金属陶瓷的单位面积氧化质量增加量较未添加铬的低,在氧化过程中表面形成了含NiCr_(2)O_(4)和CrMoO_(4)的致密氧化膜,有效阻碍了氧元素的进一步扩散,提升了基体的抗氧化性能。

铬添加量对Ti(C,N)基金属陶瓷结构和磁学性能的影响

以TiC粉、镍粉、TiN粉、碳粉以及铬粉为原料,采用粉末冶金法制备TiC-10TiN-xCr-30Ni-4C(x=0,2,4,6,8,物质的量分数/%)金属陶瓷,研究了铬添加量对金属陶瓷结构、磁学性能以及力学性能的影响。结果表明:随着铬添加量的增加,金属陶瓷的密度增大,Ti(C,N)陶瓷相呈黑芯-灰环结构且黑芯和灰环的成分变得更均匀,Ti(C,N)陶瓷相颗粒细化,镍基黏结相的晶格常数先增加后略微减小。当铬物质的量分数不大于2%时,金属陶瓷呈铁磁性,随着铬添加量的继续增加,金属陶瓷具有室温无磁性的特性。随着铬添加量的增加,金属陶瓷的室温最大磁化率先降后升,饱和磁化强度和剩余磁化强度均降低,且当铬的物质的量分数大于2%时,均保持为0。随着铬添加量的增加,金属陶瓷的抗弯强度降低,硬度升高。铬添加物质的量分数为4%时,金属陶瓷的综合性能最好,具有室温无磁性、最低的室温最大磁化率(1.85×10^(-7)m^(3)·kg^(-1))、较高的抗弯强度(1 094 MPa)和硬度(88.1 HRA)。

压制压力对纳米Ti(C,N)基金属陶瓷微观组织和力学性能的影响研究

采用不同的压制压力制备纳米Ti(C,N)基金属陶瓷生坯,研究低压烧结后金属陶瓷的微观组织、收缩性和力学性能。结果表明:当压制压力过低时,粉末排列不紧密,金属陶瓷组织不均匀;当压制压力过高时,金属陶瓷组织发生分层,孔隙度和缺陷增加。当压制压力为180 MPa时,得到的纳米Ti(C,N)基金属陶瓷最为致密,其相对密度为97.06%,收缩系数为1.23,孔隙率最低,为A02B00C00;同时,该金属陶瓷具有最优异的综合力学性能,其中维氏硬度为1680 HV_(30),抗弯强度为1650 MPa,断裂韧性为8.8 MPa·m^(1/2)。