This review article aims to provide an updated and comprehensive description of the
development of the Electric Current Activated/assisted Sintering technique (ECAS) for the …

Nanocrystalline WC–Co materials have been the subject of interests and focus of research
programs around the world for the past two decades owing to the expectations that the …

The WC-Co cemented carbides with 4 wt%~ 14 wt% Co content were fabricated by spark
plasma sintering. The effect of Co content on microstructure and mechanical properties of …

The rapid coarsening of ultrafine and nanocrystalline WC powders during consolidation has
challenged the production of bulk nano-structured hardmetals for decades. In response, it …

Hardmetals on the basis of WC are the best and unique materials for applications
characterized by intensive wear and abrasion, high impact loads, thermal shocks, high …

Spark plasma sintering (SPS) is an extremely fast solidification technique for compounds
that are difficult to sinter within the material group's metals, ceramics, or composites thereof …

Ultrafine/nano WC–Co cemented carbide is widely used because of its high hardness,
strength, toughness, and other comprehensive properties. However, WC grain growth during …

This work is focused on the preparation and properties of ultrafine WC-Co cemented
carbides. Samples were prepared by spark plasma sintering technology using WC and Co …

High-performance reinforcement together with advanced innovative structure design has
been attracting much attention as a means of circumventing the conflict between toughness …

The influence of the addition of 0.3, 0.5 and 0.7 wt.% VC on the density, microstructure and
mechanical properties of WC–Cr3C2–11wt.% Co with 0, 0.2, 0.4 and 0.6 wt.% Cr3C2 hard …