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In this work, CoCr-Mo compacted powders were sintered at 900°C to 1300°C for 1 to 2 hours and conditions for total carbide dissolution in fcc cobalt were determined. Accordingly, it was found that sintering at temperatures between 900°C to 1100°C led to removal of the dendritic structure and to carbide precipitation at the grain boundaries (gbs), as well as in the bulk. Moreover, recrystallization and grain growth were always found to occur during powder sintering. At temperatures above 1100°C, no carbide precipitation occurred indicating that carbides were not stable at these temperatures. Hence, compact powders were annealed at 1150°C to promote the development of a single-phase fcc solid solution. This was followed by rapid cooling to room temperature and then aging at 800°C for 0 to 18 hours. Rapid cooling from 1150°C promoted the development of up to 64 pct athermal ε-martensite through the face-centered cubic (fcc) → hexagonal crystal structure (hcp) martensitic transformation. The athermal martensite was associated with the development of a network of parallel arrays of fine straight transgranular markings within the fcc matrix. Moreover, aging at 800°C for 15 hours led to the development of 100 pct isothermal hcp ε-martensite. From the experimental outcome, it is evident that isothermal ε-martensite is the most stable form of the hcp Co phase. Apparently, during aging at 800°C, the excess defects expected in athermal martensite are removed by thermally activated processes and by the development of isothermal ε-martensite, which has the appearance of “pearlite.”
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Song, C., Park, H., Seong, H. et al. Development of athermal and isothermalε-martensite in atomized Co-Cr-Mo-C implant alloy powders. Metall Mater Trans A 37, 3197–3204 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02586154
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