Experimental and theoretical study of WC-40Fe-20Co-40Ni

Journal article, 2022

The liquid phase formation temperatures of the quinary system W-C-Co-Fe-Ni with a ratio of Fe:Co:Ni = 40:20:40 were determined by means of DSC analysis. Besides, the experimental C-window of this system with a binder content of 14.3 +/- 2 wt% is accurately defined. Based on the experimental results, a thermodynamic modelling is carried out using the CALPHAD approach. Temperature-composition sections of the W-C-Co-Fe-Ni system with different binder contents are calculated to verify the rationality of the present modelling. There is a good correlation between the experimental and calculated results showing that the experimental data can be well reproduced by the present modelling.