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The Development of Cemented Carbide with Cobalt Composition Gradient by Powder Metallurgy Method

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Functionally graded cemented tungsten carbide (FGCC) is the modern material choice for cutting tool application due to the advantage of superior combination of hardness, toughness, and wear resistance. Cemented carbide is mainly prepared by powder metallurgy method. Although several methods are available from conventional sintering, microwave sintering to state-of-art spark plasma sintering method. But, the development of desired gradient was a challenging task due to migration tendency of cobalt. Thus, the present work was aimed at the preparation of FGCC by spark plasma sintering method and characterization of developed samples for density, microstructure, hardness, and toughness. The obtained results showed that FGCC prepared in spark plasma sintering offer superior density, hardness as well as wear resistance compared to conventional as well as microwave sintering process.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shri Shankaracharya Institute of Professional Management and Technology, Raipur, India

    Rityuj Singh Parihar & Neha Verma

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    Uday Shanker Dixit

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Parihar, R.S., Verma, N. (2022). The Development of Cemented Carbide with Cobalt Composition Gradient by Powder Metallurgy Method. In: Dave, H.K., Dixit, U.S., Nedelcu, D. (eds) Recent Advances in Manufacturing Processes and Systems. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7787-8_77

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