Электроимпульсное плазменное спекание нанопорошков WC – 10 Co с различным содержанием углерода, полученных методом плазмохимического синтеза

Abstract

The features of high-speed sintering of WC – Co nanopowders with various contents of excess carbon (colloidal graphite) were studied. To obtain powders, a process was used that included plasma-chemical and low-temperature syntheses and a chemical-metallurgical method of applying ultrathin cobalt layers by precipitation from a solution of salts. The consolidation of powder materials was carried out by the method of high-speed Spark Plasma Sintering. It was found that an increase in the concentration of free carbon (colloidal graphite) has the greatest effect on the shrinkage and sintering rate at the stage of intense shrinkage of WC-Co nanopowders. It is shown that an increase in the carbon content in the composition of nanopowders leads to a decrease in the value of sintering activation energy at the stage of intense shrinkage.It has been established that the process of nanopowder compaction at the intense shrinkage stage is determined by the intensity of the plastic flow and the grain boundary diffusion of cobalt. It is shown that the mechanism of plastic deformation of the γ-phase based on cobalt corresponds to the Coble diffusion creep. It was found that an increase in carbon content leads to decreased in activation energy at the intense shrinkage and does not significantly affect at stage III of sintering where decrease in the shrinkage intensity is observed. It was shown that a decrease in the sintering activation energy is due to a decrease in the tungsten concentration in the γ-phase.