Fabrication of ultrafine and nanocrystalline WC-Co mixtures by high energy milling

[EN] In this work ultrafine and nanocrystalline WC-Co mixtures were obtained by low energy milling in planetary ball mill. The effect of the processing conditions on the reduction and distribution of the grain sizes and the internal strains level were studied. The characterisation of the powder mixt...

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Autores: Bonache Bezares, Victoria, Salvador Moya, Mª Dolores|||0000-0002-4242-478X, Busquets Mataix, David Jeronimo|||0000-0001-5031-7805, Segovia-López, Francisco|||0000-0002-4143-5751
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/100591
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/100591
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Mechanical properties
Microstrain
Nanocrystalline powders
Planetary ball mill
WC-Co
Characterisation
Grain size
Internal strains
Low energies
Nanocrystalline WC-Co
Nanocrystallines
Planetary milling
Powder mixtures
Processing condition
Scanning and transmission electron microscopy
SEM and TEM
Ultrafine
Wet milling
Ball milling
Ball mills
Crystallite size
Diffraction
Grain growth
Grain size and shape
Milling (machining)
Mixtures
Sintering
Transmission electron microscopy
Tungsten alloys
X ray diffraction
X ray diffraction analysis
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Sumario:[EN] In this work ultrafine and nanocrystalline WC-Co mixtures were obtained by low energy milling in planetary ball mill. The effect of the processing conditions on the reduction and distribution of the grain sizes and the internal strains level were studied. The characterisation of the powder mixtures was performed by means of scanning and transmission electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis. Observations through SEM and TEM images showed a particle size below 100 nm, after milling. The X-ray diffraction profile analysis revealed a WC phase refined to a crystallite size of 19 nm. The mixtures obtained have been consolidated and mechanical and microstructurally characterised. The results show improvements in resistant behaviour of the material consolidated from nanocrystalline powders, in spite of the grain growth experienced during the sintering. The best results were found for the material obtained by wet milling during 100 h, which presents values of hardness higher than 1800 HV. © 2011 Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.