The production of hydrogen by the electrolysis of water, a sustainable and greenhouse-gas-
free source, requires an efficient and abundant electrocatalyst that minimizes energy …

The main requirements of cemented carbides as cutting, machining, and drilling tools are
wear resistance, chemical stability at high temperatures, and proper mechanical properties …

One limitation for large scale water electrolysis is the high price of the Pt cathode catalyst.
Transition metal carbides, which are considered as some of the most promising non-Pt …

Electrochemical machining (ECM) is a modern, unconventional manufacturing technique
that uses the electrochemical dissolution of metal to produce pieces with a predetermined …

The corrosion behavior of hardmetals with different grain sizes was investigated in alkaline
solutions by electrochemical methods. A clear tendency was observed that the smaller the …

HVOF thermal sprayed WC cermet coatings exhibit excellent abrasive and erosive wear
resistance due to the presence of high volume fraction of WC particles bounded by a tough …

Conventional and nanostructured WC-12 wt.% Co powders were HVOF sprayed on Al7075-
T6. The nanocoatings presented slightly less microporosity, higher microhardness, higher …

The electrochemical corrosion behaviors of straight WC–10Co cemented carbides with grain
sizes of 1.2, 2.6, 6.1 and 8.2 μm, were comparatively investigated in the solutions of NaOH …

In this study, WC/xCo/6-xAl 2 O 3 (x= 1, 2, 3 and 6 wt%) composites were fabricated through
spark plasma sintering. The electrochemical and mechanical properties of the composites …

Electrochemical machining (ECM) is a potential procedure for high precision
micromanufacturing. Especially the machining of work pieces without any thermal or …