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Detonation Spraying of Binder-Free Tungsten Carbide: In-Situ Formation of Composite Coatings

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For the first time, the formation of coatings by detonation spraying (DS) of a binder-free tungsten carbide, WC, was studied. The coating phase composition was shown to depend on the O/C molar ratio in the oxygen-acetylene mixture used for the spraying. Along with WC, cubic carbide/oxycarbide WC1-xOy, tungsten semicarbide W2C and metallic W were present in the coatings formed at O/C = 0.9 and O/C = 1.0, indicating the formation of cermet composite coatings. When O/C was greater than 1.1, WC almost fully transformed into metallic tungsten in the coatings. The hardness of the cermet coatings was higher than that of the metallic tungsten-based coatings. During the coating formation, noticeable compression stresses accumulated in the deposited layers. These stresses do not lead to coating detachment or cracking: coatings with thicknesses of up to 500 μm retain their integrity.

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This research was funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (Project No. 075-15-2020-781). The authors are grateful to Prof. V. A. Sadykov for fruitful discussions.

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  1. Lavrentyev Institute of Hydrodynamics of the Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Lavrentyev Ave. 15, Novosibirsk, Russia, 630090

    Igor. S. Batraev, Vladimir. Yu. Ulianitsky, Alexandr. A. Shtertser & Dina. V. Dudina

  2. Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Lavrentyev Ave. 17, Novosibirsk, Russia, 630090

    Vladimir. Yu. Ulianitsky

  3. Institute of Solid State Chemistry and Mechanochemistry of the Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Kutateladze str. 18, Novosibirsk, Russia, 630090

    Dina. V. Dudina & Arina. V. Ukhina

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Batraev, I.S., Ulianitsky, V.Y., Shtertser, A.A. et al. Detonation Spraying of Binder-Free Tungsten Carbide: In-Situ Formation of Composite Coatings. J Therm Spray Tech 32, 249–258 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-022-01486-x

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