Ti(C,N) and WC-Based Cermets: A Review of Synthesis, Properties and Applications in Additive Manufacturing

In recent years, the use of cermets has shown significant growth in the industry due to their interesting features that combine properties of metals and ceramics, and there are different possible types of cermets, depending on their composition. This review focuses on cemented tungsten carbides (WC)...

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Published in:Materials 2021-11, Vol.14 (22), p.6786
Main Authors: Heydari, Lida, Lietor, Pablo F, Corpas-Iglesias, Francisco A, Laguna, Oscar H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Additive manufacturing
Carbon
Carbon nitride
Cemented carbides
Cermets
Chemical composition
Cutting tools
Grain growth
Grain size
High temperature
Interfacial bonding
Mechanical properties
Metals
Methods
Molybdenum
Plasma sintering
Production costs
Review
Scientific papers
Steel
Synthesis
Three dimensional printing
Titanium
Titanium carbide
Tungsten carbide
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Summary:In recent years, the use of cermets has shown significant growth in the industry due to their interesting features that combine properties of metals and ceramics, and there are different possible types of cermets, depending on their composition. This review focuses on cemented tungsten carbides (WC), and tungsten carbonitrides (WCN), and it is intended to analyze the relationship between chemical composition and processing techniques of these materials, which results in their particular microstructural and mechanical properties. Moreover, the use of cermets as a printing material in additive manufacturing or 3D printing processes has recently emerged as one of the scenarios with the greatest projection, considering that they manufacture parts with greater versatility, lower manufacturing costs, lower raw material expenditure and with advanced designs. Therefore, this review compiled and analyzed scientific papers devoted to the synthesis, properties and uses of cermets of TiC and WC in additive manufacturing processes reported thus far.
ISSN:1996-1944
1996-1944
DOI:10.3390/ma14226786