A Novel Method for Direct Synthesis of WC-Co Nanocomposite Powder
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A Novel Method for Direct Synthesis of WC-Co Nanocomposite Powder M. ZHU, X.Y. BAO, X.P. YANG, N.S. GU, H. WANG, M.Q. ZENG, and L.Y. DAI In this study, a novel method, termed dielectric-barrier-discharge-plasma (DBDP) assisted ball milling and low-temperature carburization, was used to synthesize WC-Co nanocomposite powder. X-ray diffraction, scanning/transmission electron microscopy, and differential scanning calorimetry were used to characterize the microstructure of powders. Starting from W, Co, and graphite powder mixtures, the DBDP-milled W-C-10Co powder exhibited a flakelike morphology with very fine lamellar structure. The WC-Co composite powder was synthesized at 1273 K (1000 C), which is much lower than the requisite temperature for the conventional carburizing method. The obtained WC-Co composite powder had a nanocomposite microstructure in which fine WC particles were bounded by homogenously distributed Co phase, and the WC crystals had a slablike morphology with a planar size of about 200 nm and
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