TY - JOUR A1 - Woydt, Mathias A1 - Huang, S. A1 - Vleugels, J. A1 - Mohrbacher, H. A1 - Cannizza, E. T1 - Potentials of niobium carbide (NbC) as cutting tools and for wear protection JF - International Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials N2 - Research and development of WC grades is 90 years ahead of niobium carbide-based hard materials, which showed already as light-weight and unexplored material a very high potential for many technical applications, especially for wear protection and machining. NbC evoluted recently from lab scale to pilot scale, especially in areas where established WC-based materials are causing economic, environmental or technical concerns. Benchmark trials of NbC-based hard metals indicated already a favorable performance in machining of steel components. KW - Niobium carbide KW - Friction KW - Wear KW - NbC KW - Hard metals KW - Machining KW - Nickel PY - 2018 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2018.01.009 SN - 0263-4368 VL - 72 SP - 380 EP - 387 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-44166 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Woydt, Mathias A1 - Huang, S. A1 - Cannizza, E. A1 - Vleugels, J. A1 - Mohrbacher, H. T1 - Niobium carbide for machining and wear protection - Evolution of properties JF - Metal Powder Report N2 - The sales of niobium carbide (NbC) have grown in the last years, but NbC is still a hidden carbide and mainly used as grain growth inhibitor in hard metals. In the present work it was shown that the progress in the key properties, like HV30, KIC and strength, followed by machining and tribological results of the respective NbC grades. KW - Niobium carbide KW - Hard metals KW - Tribology PY - 2019 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-485507 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mprp.2019.02.002 SN - 0026-0657 VL - 74 IS - 2 SP - 82 EP - 89 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-48550 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -