Author:Konadu, DS; Van der Merwe, J; Potgieter, JH; Potgieter-Vermaak, S; Machio, Christopher NDate:Sep 2010The effect of increasing vanadium carbide (VC) content on the corrosion behaviour of tungsten carbide – 10 wt% cobalt hard metals was investigated in 1 M hydrochloric (HCl), and sulphuric (H2SO4) acids solutions. Increasing VC content makes ...Read more
Author:Machio, Christopher N; Konadu, DS; Potgieter, JH; Potgieter-Vermaak, S; Van der Merwe, JDate:Jan 2013Corrosion is an important surface degradation process in some, if not all, applications of tungsten-carbide-(WC-) cobalt- (Co-) based hardmetals. Applications like tools for machining of metals and for wear resistance in the mining industry ...Read more