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Preparation of Ultrafine-Grained WC–ZrO2 Ceramics by Spark Plasma Sintering

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WC–(1, 3, 5)% ZrO2 ceramics have been produced by spark plasma sintering (SPS). WC–ZrO2 powder mixtures have been prepared by ultrasonic homogenization and stirring of WC nanopowder and submicron t-ZrO2 powder. The WC–ZrO2 sintering rate has been shown to be limited by the grain-boundary diffusion process. Increasing the percentage of ZrO2 leads to a slight increase in optimal SPS temperature, an increase in the concentration of W2C particles, and a decrease in hardness.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

In the transmission electron microscopic work, we used equipment at the Materials Research and Metallurgy Shared Research Facilities Center, Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys (National University of Science and Technology) (Russian Federation Ministry of Science and Higher Education, project no. 075-15-2021-696).

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This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, grant no. 20-33-90214.

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  1. Lobachevsky National Research University, 603022, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

    E. A. Lantsev, A. V. Nokhrin, M. S. Boldin, K. E. Smetanina, A. A. Murashov & V. N. Chuvil’deev

  2. Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119334, Moscow, Russia

    Yu. V. Blagoveshchenskii, N. V. Isaeva & A. V. Terent’ev

  3. Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys (National University of Science and Technology), 119049, Moscow, Russia

    N. Yu. Tabachkova

  4. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    N. Yu. Tabachkova

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Lantsev, E.A., Nokhrin, A.V., Boldin, M.S. et al. Preparation of Ultrafine-Grained WC–ZrO2 Ceramics by Spark Plasma Sintering. Inorg Mater 59, 537–543 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168523050114

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