Changes in structure and properties of carbide-steel cermets resulted from a heat treatment

  • Naum R. Frage
  • , Moshe P. Dariel
  • , Liudmila M. Kaputkina
  • , Vera G. Prokoshkina
  • , Dmitry E. Kaputkin
  • , Natalja R. Sverdlova

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Abstract

Cermets were produced by a technology including pressing and sintering of titanium carbide TiCx (0.7 < x < 0.98) preforms and molten tool steel infiltration. So-called "graded" cermets were produced using a controlled distribution of TiCx with different x. The resultant redistribution of alloying elements between the steel and TiC x during both the infiltration and following heat treatment was very essential. The changes of both steel and TiCx compositions produce changes in the process of austenitization, carbide dissolution and precipitation, and martensitic transformation. Both the strength of the material and the gradient of properties in graded cermets can be controlled using both kinetic factors of element redistribution and structure changes caused by the heat treatment.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)443-446
Number of pages4
JournalInternational Journal of Materials Research
Volume100
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 16 Jun 2009

Keywords

  • Cermets
  • Heat treatment
  • Titanium carbide

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Metals and Alloys
  • Materials Chemistry

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