Design of Cemented Carbides and Cermet
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 December 2019) | Viewed by 42247
Special Issue Editor
Interests: design and manufacture of porous materials; surface modification (physical and chemical); biofunctional (osseointegration, cells, and bacterial response) and tribo-mechanical (instrumented micro-indentation, fracture, fatigue, scratch resistance, and wear) behavior; biomaterials; tool materials (cemented carbides, cermets, and multi-layered alumina-zirconia, WC-Co/WC-Co, and Cermet/WC-Co); powder metallurgy (conventional and space holder techniques)
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Dear Colleagues,
Cemented carbides and cermets are families of ceramic–metal composites used as materials for quite diverse applications: Forming and cutting tools, structural components and wear parts, all of them involving severe and complex service conditions. In this context, the design and manufacturing of novel materials with enhanced tribological and thermo-mechanical behaviours are continuous and challenging demands. They include the development of new hard composite bulk materials and coatings (with modified composition, microstructure and phases), implementation of advanced processing routes (reduction of energy, costs and environmental impact) alternative to conventional ones, as well as the improvement of resistance to fracture, fatigue, wear, oxidation, etc.
This Special Issue’s scope includes contributions of experimental and theoretical analysis, aiming to rationalize and improve the relationship among microstructure, processing and properties of cemented carbides, cermets, high entropy alloys (HEAs), as well as functional gradient materials (FGMs), multilayered designs, hard coatings, etc. In general, research papers are recommended, but the Special Issue is not limited them and include powder synthesis and production technologies, powder compaction (conventional and isostatic), sintering techniques (vacuum, field-assisted and hot consolidation), as well as coating deposition routes to optimize the properties and functionalities of the materials under consideration.
Prof. Dr. Yadir Torres Hernández
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Cemented carbides and cermets
- Powder technology
- Field assisted sintering
- Coatings and surface modification techniques
- Mechanical and tribo-corrosion behaviour
- Chemical stability at high temperature
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