Wear damage of cemented carbides with different combinations of WC mean grain size and Co content. Part I: ASTM wear tests |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Element Six GmbH, Städeweg 12-24, 36151 Burghaun, Germany;2. National University of Science and Technology MISIS, Leninsky Prospect, 4, Moscow 119049, Russia;1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, PR China;2. Harmful Components and Tar Reduction in Cigarette, Sichuan Key Laboratory, Chengdu 610066, PR China;1. Element Six Global Innovation Centre, Harwell, UK;2. Element Six GmbH, Burghaun, Germany;3. National University of Science and Technology “MISIS”, Moscow, Russia;1. CIEFMA — Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona 08028, Spain;2. Sandvik Hard Materials, Coventry CV4 0XG, UK;3. NPL, Teddington, London TW11 0LW, UK;4. Smith International Inc., Houston, TX 77205, USA;5. Sandvik Rotary Tools, Shenandoah, TX 77385, USA;6. CRnE — Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona 08028, Spain;1. Université de Toulouse, Laboratoire Génie de Production, France;2. Varel Europe, France;1. IIT Kanpur Kanpur Uttar Pradesh, 208016, India;2. NIT Raipur, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, 492010, India;3. Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla, Sambalpur, Odisha 768018, India |
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| Abstract: | In the present work we made and examined cemented carbides characterized by very different WC grain sizes varying from near-nano with a WC mean grain size of about 200 nm to coarse-grain with a WC mean grain size of about 4.5 μm and Co contents varying from 3 to 24 wt.%. The major objective of the present work was to examine the wear damage, wear behavior and wear mechanisms of cemented carbides having nearly the same hardness but greatly varying with respect to their WC grain size and Co content in the high-load ASTM B611 test and low-load G65 test.Both the hardness and resistance to fracture and micro-fatigue of cemented carbides play an important role in the wear damage by use of the high-stress ASTM B611 test when the carbide surface is subjected to alumina particles at high loads. In this case, the wear-resistance increases with increasing the WC mean grain size and decreasing the Co content at nearly the same hardness of the different cemented carbides. The submicron and near-nano cemented carbides are characterized by lower wear-resistance in comparison with the coarse-grain grade due to their reduced fracture toughness, fracture resistance and resistance to micro-fatigue.The Co mean free path in the carbide microstructure plays an important role with respect to wear-resistance in the low-stress ASTM G65 test when the carbide surface is subjected to gentle scratching by abrasive silica particles. The predominant wear of the thick Co interlayers leaving unsupported WC grains plays the decisive role in the wear behavior of the coarse-grain grade resulting in its low wear-resistance. In contrast to the ASTM B611 test the wear rate decreases with decreasing the WC mean grain size and increasing the Co content due to the corresponding reduction of Co mean free path in the carbide microstructure. As a result, the wear-resistance of the near-nano grade in the ASTM G65 test is the best of all in spite of its reduced fracture toughness.Phenomena of micro-fatigue, micro-fracturing and micro-chipping are found to play a decisive role in the wear damage of cemented carbides if they are subjected to abrasion wear, high loads and severe fatigue. |
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