This paper reports the results of a comprehensive investigation into the abrasion resistance of WC-Co alloys, as measured by the ASTM Standard B 611-85 test. The alloys ranged from 3 to 50 wt% and from 0.6 to 5 mu-m average grain size. Careful control of the grain size has led to new results and new insight into the relationships between abrasion resistance, hardness, cobalt content, grain size and mean free path.
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O’Quigley, DGF, Luyckx, S and James, MN. 1997. Empirical ranking of a wide range of WC-Co grades in terms of their abrasion resistance measured by the ASTM standard B 611-85 test. International Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials, vol. 15, 03 January, pp 73-79
O'Quigley, D., Luyckx, S., & James, M. (1997). Empirical ranking of a wide range of WC-Co grades in terms of their abrasion resistance measured by the ASTM standard B 611-85 test. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/564
O'Quigley, DGF, S Luyckx, and MN James "Empirical ranking of a wide range of WC-Co grades in terms of their abrasion resistance measured by the ASTM standard B 611-85 test." (1997) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/564
O'Quigley D, Luyckx S, James M. Empirical ranking of a wide range of WC-Co grades in terms of their abrasion resistance measured by the ASTM standard B 611-85 test. 1997; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/564.