Quantitative microanalysis of carbide/carbide interfaces in WC–Co-base cemented carbides
- 1 August 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Materials Science and Technology
- Vol. 2 (8) , 847-855
- https://doi.org/10.1179/026708386790219679
Abstract
Carbide/carbide boundaries in WC–Co-base cemented carbides containing 6–20 wt-%Co were studied with two high resolution microanalytical techniques: atom probe field ion microscopy and analytical transmission electron microscopy. All boundaries studied, i.e. WC/WC boundaries and, in materials containing cubic carbides (γ-phase), WC/γ and γ/γ boundaries, were found to contain about half a monolayer of cobalt, localized to a zone of monolayer thickness. The carbide/carbide boundaries may thus be described as grain (phase) boundaries to which cobalt has segregated. The carbide skeleton model for WC–Co is thereby confirmed. In WC–Co materials which contain Cr3C2 as a grain growth inhibitor, chromium segregates to WC grain boundaries. MST/354Keywords
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