Tungsten Carbides: Structure, Properties and Application in Hardmetals

✍ Scribed by Alexey S. Kurlov, Aleksandr I. Gusev (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 253
• Series: Springer Series in Materials Science 184
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book embraces the entire range of problems associated with phase equilibria in “tungsten – carbon” binary system and related ternary systems, nonstoichiometry, disorder and order in different tungsten carbides, electronic and crystal structure of these carbides.
The main application of tungsten carbides is constituent in hardmetals for cutting tools. In the last 20 years, the most active efforts were made in synthesis and application of nanocrystalline tungsten carbide for the production of nanostructured hardmetals. The present book describes in detail different methods for production of nanocrystalline tungsten carbide. The peculiarities of sintering of Co hardmetals from nanocrystalline powders having different particle sizes are discussed. Materials scientists using tungsten carbide to create novel superhard and tough materials will find this book particularly useful.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction....Pages 1-3
Phases and Equilibria in the W–C and W–Co–C Systems....Pages 5-56
Ordering of Tungsten Carbides....Pages 57-108
Nanocrystalline Tungsten Carbide....Pages 109-189
Hardmetals WC–Co Based on Nanocrystalline Powders of Tungsten Carbide WC....Pages 191-237
Back Matter....Pages 239-242

✦ Subjects

Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Methods;Physical Chemistry;Applied and Technical Physics;Solid State Physics;Metallic Materials