• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.196-200
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• 1998

Effect of diffusion induced recrystallization(DIR) on mechanical properties of hot-pressed TiC was in-vestigated. The TiC specimen was electroplated with Cr and then heat-treated at 1550. Through the DIR process a new set of (Ti, Cr) C mixed carbide grains with uniform and small size was formed at the surface. As a consequence the scattering in fracture strength decreased and the toughness increased.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.223-227
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• 1996

The effect of ZrC and VC addition on the diffusion induced recrystallization (DIR) of TiC-Cr3C2 has been investigated. With in creasing the amount of added ZrC to Cr3C2 the DIR of TiC was suppressed at the begining and then occurred. On the contrary the DIR was accelerated with the addition of VC to Cr3C2 Because the lattice parameters of (Ti, Cr)C and (Ti,V)C are smaller and that of (Ti, Zr)C is larger than that of TiC the lattice parameter of (Ti,Cr,Zr)C is expected to be similar to that of TiC,. The results indicate that the strain energy due to lattice mismatch between TiC and solid-solution carbide is the driving force of the observed energy due to lattice mismatch between TiC and solid-solution carbide is the driving force of the observed DIR.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.36 no.4
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• pp.366-371
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• 1999

The effect of VC addition on the microstructural evolution of Fe-TiC cermet has been investigated. The microstructures of the Fe-TiC varied with the amount of VC addition. The addition of 1wt% VC enhanced the instability of liquid-solid interface ; the dissolving interface showed round shape instead of facetted one which was ascribed to the increase of lattice mismatch between TiC and solid-solution carbide. in the speci-men with 10wt% VC the new set of solid-solution carbide grains of uniform and small size was formed in-side coarse TiC particles by diffusion induced recrystallizatin (DIR). With increasing the heat-treatment time fine recrystallized grains were dispersed homogeneously in the matrix and resulted in the increase in fracture strength.