Heterogeneous cobalt-bonded tungsten carbide
Abstract
Abstract Strong, hard, impact-resistant bodies comprising tungsten carbide bonded with from 3 to 25% by weight of heterogeneous cobalt-tungsten solid-solution alloy, useful as cutting tools, are prepared by heating an intimately mixed cobalt/tungsten carbide powder to a temperature above 1000* C and consolidating the powder to a density of at least 98% of its theoretical density, having either. 1. MIXED A CARBON-RICH AND A CARBON-DEFICIENT POWDER TOGETHER PRIOR TO CONSOLIDATION TO PRODUCE A NON-HOMOGENEOUS BINDER; 2. ADDED FREE CARBON TO A CARBON-DEFICIENT POWDER TO PRODUCE LOCAL AREAS WHERE TUNGSTEN IS REMOVED FROM THE BINDER ALLOY AS TUNGSTEN CARBIDE; OR 3. ALLOWED A PORTION OF THE CARBON IN THE TUNGSTEN CARBIDE TO OXIDIZE DURING CONSOLIDATION TO PRODUCE AREAS IN THE BINDER PHASE WHICH ARE THEN CARBON DEFICIENT AND HIGH IN TUNGSTEN.
Inventors
- 👤 Ralph K Iler
- 👤 Eugene G Rigby
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