Abstract
High current pulsed electron beam (HCPEB) irradiation was conducted on a WC/Co hard alloy. The modified surface microstructure was characterized with methods of optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffractometry (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The surface microhardness and wear resistance were measured. Under HCPEB irradiations, the surface layer was melted and the refined WC particles dissolved with Co bonding material. A covering layer composed of a mixture of nano-grained WC1−x and Co3W9C4 phases was formed on the modified surface with a thickness of ~1μm. After 20 pulses of HCPEB irradiation, the surface microhardness of YG6X hard alloy was increased to 2430HK and the wear rate reduced drastically to one eighth of the initial state.
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