Influence of carbon addition on mechanical properties in ultra-fine WC-Co cutting insert / Nur Atikah Muin

Tungsten carbide-cobalt (WC-Co) are used as cutting tools because of a combination of desirable high hardness and high fracture toughness due to the respective contributions of the carbide and metallic phases. The mechanical properties of these materials depend on their composition and microstructur...

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Main Author: Muin, Nur Atikah
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Language:English
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/35024/1/35024.pdf
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description Tungsten carbide-cobalt (WC-Co) are used as cutting tools because of a combination of desirable high hardness and high fracture toughness due to the respective contributions of the carbide and metallic phases. The mechanical properties of these materials depend on their composition and microstructure especially on the grain size of the carbide phase. The addition of specific metallic would lead to further improvement of its mechanical properties. In this work, the influence of Carbon (C) addition in WC-Co composite on mechanical properties in ultrafine WC-Co composite was studied. The percentages of carbon are varied at 0%, 0.1%, 0.2%, 0.3%, and 0.4% The samples were prepared using powder metallurgy routes with involving mixing, drying and sieving, compaction, cold isostatic pressing (CIP) and sintering. Mechanical properties such as hardness, transverse rupture strength (TRS), density and microstructure were measured. The hardness is measured using Vickers Hardness tester while the TRS is determined using Universal Testing Machine. In addition, the density is measured using Electronic Densimeter and the microstructure is observed using Scanning Electron Microscope. It exhibits that the hardness of WC-Co composite is decreased with the increasing of carbon percentages. The maximum hardness is gain at the composition of 0.1%C. A similar trend was observed for TRS and density.
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spelling oai:ir.uitm.edu.my:350242020-10-12T01:44:41Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/35024/ Influence of carbon addition on mechanical properties in ultra-fine WC-Co cutting insert / Nur Atikah Muin Muin, Nur Atikah Machine shops and machine shop practice Machine tools and machining Abrading machinery. Grinding, lapping, etc. Sharpening Tungsten carbide-cobalt (WC-Co) are used as cutting tools because of a combination of desirable high hardness and high fracture toughness due to the respective contributions of the carbide and metallic phases. The mechanical properties of these materials depend on their composition and microstructure especially on the grain size of the carbide phase. The addition of specific metallic would lead to further improvement of its mechanical properties. In this work, the influence of Carbon (C) addition in WC-Co composite on mechanical properties in ultrafine WC-Co composite was studied. The percentages of carbon are varied at 0%, 0.1%, 0.2%, 0.3%, and 0.4% The samples were prepared using powder metallurgy routes with involving mixing, drying and sieving, compaction, cold isostatic pressing (CIP) and sintering. Mechanical properties such as hardness, transverse rupture strength (TRS), density and microstructure were measured. The hardness is measured using Vickers Hardness tester while the TRS is determined using Universal Testing Machine. In addition, the density is measured using Electronic Densimeter and the microstructure is observed using Scanning Electron Microscope. It exhibits that the hardness of WC-Co composite is decreased with the increasing of carbon percentages. The maximum hardness is gain at the composition of 0.1%C. A similar trend was observed for TRS and density. 2017-01 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/35024/1/35024.pdf Influence of carbon addition on mechanical properties in ultra-fine WC-Co cutting insert / Nur Atikah Muin. (2017) [Student Project] (Unpublished)
spellingShingle Machine shops and machine shop practice
Machine tools and machining
Abrading machinery. Grinding, lapping, etc. Sharpening
Muin, Nur Atikah
Influence of carbon addition on mechanical properties in ultra-fine WC-Co cutting insert / Nur Atikah Muin
title Influence of carbon addition on mechanical properties in ultra-fine WC-Co cutting insert / Nur Atikah Muin
title_full Influence of carbon addition on mechanical properties in ultra-fine WC-Co cutting insert / Nur Atikah Muin
title_fullStr Influence of carbon addition on mechanical properties in ultra-fine WC-Co cutting insert / Nur Atikah Muin
title_full_unstemmed Influence of carbon addition on mechanical properties in ultra-fine WC-Co cutting insert / Nur Atikah Muin
title_short Influence of carbon addition on mechanical properties in ultra-fine WC-Co cutting insert / Nur Atikah Muin
title_sort influence of carbon addition on mechanical properties in ultra fine wc co cutting insert nur atikah muin
topic Machine shops and machine shop practice
Machine tools and machining
Abrading machinery. Grinding, lapping, etc. Sharpening
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/35024/1/35024.pdf
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