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Preparation of Iron Bonded Tungsten Carbide–Titanium Carbide Composites with Improved Microstructure for Designing Various Harder Components

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Tungsten carbide/titanium carbide/iron composites (diameter 4.5-5 cm) in 0.5-kilogram scale were prepared using the argon arc plasma melting method. The composites were observed with a well-ordered crystalline structure. The microhardness and Young’s modulus values of different composites were found to vary in the range of 2018-4380 VHN and 590-789 GPa, respectively. In this work, the iron bonded (5 wt.%) with tungsten carbide–titanium carbide (8 wt.%) composite shows the highest microhardness and Young’s modulus values of 4380 VHN and 789 GPa, respectively. The typical WC + TiC 8 wt.% + Fe 5 wt.% composite showed significantly high bending strength and fracture toughness values of 2050 ± 48 MPa and 12.8 ± 1.2 MPa m1/2, respectively. This composite showed improved microstructure with reduced defects as compared to melt-cast pure WC and WC + TiC 8 wt.% composite.

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Authors are thankful to Dr. Surendra Kumar Biswal, the CEO & MD of Tirupati Graphene & Mintech Research Centre, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, and Prof. Supriya Pattanayak, the VC of Centurion University of Technology and Management, Odisha, India for their encouragement and support.

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Moharana, R.K., Dash, T. & Rout, T.K. Preparation of Iron Bonded Tungsten Carbide–Titanium Carbide Composites with Improved Microstructure for Designing Various Harder Components. J. of Materi Eng and Perform (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-024-09341-6

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