• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.28 no.7
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• pp.423-427
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• 2018

For diamond/metal composites it is better to use diamond particles coated with metal carbide because of improved wettability between the diamond particles and the matrix. In this study, the coating of diamond particles with a chromium carbide layer is investigated. On heating diamond and chromium powders at $800{\sim}900^{\circ}C$ in molten salts of LiCl, KCl, $CaCl_2$, the diamond particles are coated with $Cr_7C_3$. The surfaces of the diamond powders are analyzed using X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. The average thickness of the $Cr_7C_3$ coating layers is calculated from the result of the particle size analysis. By using the molten salt method, the $Cr_7C_3$ coating layer is uniformly formed on the diamond particles at a relatively low temperature at which the graphitization of the diamond particles is avoided. Treatment temperatures are lower than those in the previously proposed methods. The coated layer is thickened with an increase in heating temperature up to $900^{\circ}C$. The coating reaction of the diamond particles with chromium carbide is much more rapid in $LiCl-KCl-CaCl_2$ molten salts than with the molten salts of $KCl-CaCl_2$.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.12 no.10
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• pp.825-830
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• 2002

The growth rate of solid grains in TiC-XC-2vol% and TiC-XC-30vo1% Ni cermets, where X=Zr, W or Mo, was fitted to an equation of the form $d^3$-$do^3$=Kt. The grain growth behavior during liquid phase sintering at 1673K decreased markedly with addition of $Mo_2$C or WC and increased with addition of ZrC. The contiguity ratio was greater in the alloys with smaller growth rate constant and decreased with increasing Ni content in the $TiC-Mo_2$C-Ni cermet. The grain growth mechanism could be explained by the effect of contiguous grain boundaries in restricting the overall grain growth.

• Advances in materials Research
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• v.1 no.3
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• pp.233-243
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• 2012

Thermal reactive diffusion coating of vanadium carbide on DIN 2714 steel substrate was performed in a molten borax bath at $950-1050^{\circ}C$. The coating formed on the surface of the substrate had uniform thickness ($1-12{\mu}m$) all over the surface and the coating layer was hard (2430-2700 HV), dense, smooth and compact. The influence of the kinetics parameters, temperature and time, has been investigated. Vanadium carbide coating was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDX) and X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD). The corrosion resistance of the coating was evaluated by potentiodynamic polarization in 3.5% NaCl solution. The results obtained showed that decrease of coating microhardness following increasing time and temperature is owing to the coarsening of carbides and coating grain size.

• The Korean Journal of Ceramics
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.177-181
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• 1997

Epitaxial films of cubic silicon carbide (3C-SiC, $\beta$-SiC) have been grown on Si(001) and Si(111) substrates by high vacuum chemical vapor deposition using the single precursor 1,3-disilabutane, $H_3SiCH_2SiH_2CH_3$, at temperatures 900~$100^{\circ}C$. The advantage of using the single precursor over the covnentional chemical vapor deposition is evident in that the source chemical is safe to handle, carbonization of the substrates is not necessary, accurate stoichiometry of the silicon carbide films is easily achieved, and the deposition temperature is much lowered. The films were characterized by XPS, XRD, SEM, RHEED, RBS, AES, and TED.

• Proceedings of the Korean Powder Metallurgy Institute Conference
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• 2006.09a
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• pp.338-339
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• 2006

The solubility of Cr in cubic carbides in the systems WC-Co-TaC and WC-Co-ZrC has been determined using equilibrium samples. Thermodynamic calculations were used to design the alloys through extrapolations of Gibbs energy expressions. The alloys were designed to have a microstructure containing the following phases: WC, liquid, $M_7C_3$, graphite and cubic carbide. The alloys were investigated using scanning electron microscopy and analyzed using energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry. The present work shows how the Cr solubility depends on which cubic carbide former that is present. The WC-Co-Cr-Zr alloy has no detectable amount of Cr whereas the WC-Co-Cr-Ta alloy has 12% Cr in the cubic carbide.

• Proceedings of the Korean Powder Metallurgy Institute Conference
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• 2006.09a
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• pp.631-632
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• 2006

Cr-C-Ni composites were synthesized in situ from elemental powders of Cr, Ni and C by high energy milling followed by reactive sintering. The milled powders with the grain size in nano-scale were pressed to compacts and sintered. During the following thermal treatment at first the chromium carbide was formed and then the $Cr_3C_2-Ni$ cermets were sintered in one cycle. The interface between the binder phase and the carbide grains of the in situ composite has a good bonding strength as it is not contaminated with oxidation films or other detrimental surface reactions.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2008.06a
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• pp.409-410
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• 2008

• Proceedings of the Korean Powder Metallurgy Institute Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.95-96
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• 2003

Titanium carbide nano-tube and fibers were synthesized by self-propagating high temperature synthesis (SHS) method. The average diameters of the nano-tubes and nano-fibers are about 100 and 20 nm in diameter, respectively. the non-stoichiometric numbers of the titanium carbide determined by neutron diffractometry were 0.87 and 0.94.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.159-166
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• 2013

In order to develop the optimum shape of an MQL carbide end-mill suitable for high speed machining of wing ribs which are a detailed part of larger wing structures, using a new material Al-Li alloy, a new MQL carbide end-mill is created that has various quantities of holes, hole sizes, and hole locations. A theoretical machining graph is generated using the hammer test and FRF simulation, and a machining test is performed in order to verify the machining stability in the high speed machining area. The optimum configuration of the MQL carbide end-mill is also presented through comparing the chattering, machining noise and cutting conditions, including the maximum cutting depth, rpm, and feed rate per teeth, for each cutter.

• Journal of Korea Foundry Society
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.371-378
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• 1997

The study for direct synthesis of TaC carbide which was a reaction product of tantalum and carbon in the cast iron was performed. Cast iron which has hypo-eutectic composition was cast bonded in the metal mold with tantalum thin sheet of thickness of $100{\mu}m$. The contents of carbon and silicon of cast iron matrix was controlled to have constant carbon equivalent of 3.6. The chracteristics of microstructure and the formation mechanism of TaC carbide in the interfacial reaction layer in the cast iron/tantalum thin sheet heat treated isothermally at $950^{\circ}C$ for various time were examined. TaC carbide reaction layer was grown to the dendritic morphology in the cast iron/tantalum thin sheet interface by the isothermal heat treatment. The composition of TaC carbide was 48.5 at.% $Ti{\sim}48.6$ at.% C-2.8 at.% Fe. The hardness of reaction layer was MHV $1100{\sim}1200$. The thickness of reaction layer linearly increased with increasing the total content of carbon in the cast iron matrix and isothermal heat treating time. The growth constant for TaC reaction layer was proportional to the log[C] of the matrix. The formation mechanism of TaC reaction layer at the interface of cast iron/tantalum thin sheet was proved to be the interfacial reaction.