Journal
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING
Volume 391, Issue 1-2, Pages 243-248Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2004.08.082
Keywords
nano WC-Co; cold sprays coating; hardness; powder porosity
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Processing of cermet such as WC-Co is not easy by cold spray deposition, although cold spray process can eliminate the degradation of the WC phase as compared to conventional high velocity oxygen fuel (HVOF) or plasma spraying process. In this study, WC-12%Co powders with nano-sized WC were deposited by cold spray process using helium gas. Microstructural characterization and phase analysis of feedstock powders and as-deposited coatings were carried out by SEM and XRD. The results show, as expected, that there is no detrimental phase transformation and/or decarburization of WC by cold spray deposition. It is also observed that nano-sized WC in the feedstock powder is maintained in the cold sprayed coatings. It is demonstrated that it is possible to fabricate the nano-structured WC-Co coatings with low porosity and very high hardness (similar to2050 HV) by cold spray deposition with reasonable powder preheating. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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