The intention of this paper is to give an overview of selected R&D trends in the cemented
carbide field, focusing on work performed in recent years. Due to the large activity in the …

Abstract Ga+ Focused Ion Beam-Scanning Electron Microscopes (FIB-SEM) have
revolutionised the level of microstructural information that can be recovered in 3D by block …

The field of metallurgy has greatly benefited from the development of electron microscopy
over the last two decades. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) has become a powerful tool …

Tri-beam microscopes comprising a fs-laser beam, a Xe+ plasma focused ion beam (PFIB)
and an electron beam all in one chamber open up exciting opportunities for site-specific …

The WC grain growth behaviour and mechanical properties of coarse-grained cemented
carbides with bimodal grain size distributions were investigated using WC-5Co composite …

It is challenging to describe quantitatively the effects of ceramic grain morphology on the
stress and strain distributions in the cermet materials under different loading conditions …

Here we examine the potential of serial Broad Ion Beam (BIB) Ar+ ion polishing as an
advanced serial section tomography (SST) technique for destructive 3D material …

In the present work, the microstructure evolution of WC grains in WC–Co–Ni–Al alloys with
different Co–Ni–Al binder phase composition, have been investigated. By combination of …

The microstructure of three different grades of WC-Co cemented carbides (hardmetals) has
been reconstructed in three dimensions after sequential images obtained by focused ion …

In addition to dispersed nanoparticles in the binder phase, the effect of Ni 3 Al on the growth
mechanism of tungsten carbide (WC) grains is also essential for the fabrication of high …