TY - JOUR A1 - Genga, R. M. A1 - Rokebrand, P. A1 - Cornish, L. A. A1 - Nelwalani, N. A1 - Brandt, Guido A1 - Kelling, Norbert A1 - Woydt, Mathias A1 - Janse van Vuuren, A. A1 - Polese, C. T1 - High-temperature sliding wear, elastic modulus and transverse rupture strength of Ni bonded NbC and WC cermets N2 - The effects of rapid pulse electric current sintering (PECS), substitution of WC by NbC and Co by Ni, and carbide additives (TiC and Mo2C) on the microstructure, elastic modulus, B3B transverse rupture strength (TRS) and high temperature sliding wear on WC-Co, WC-Ni, NbC-Co and NbC-Ni cermets were studied. High temperature sliding wear tests were carried out using a ball-on-disk tribometer, with a 10 N force, at a sliding speed of 1.34 m/s for 0.8 km (10 min) and 2.4 km (30 min), using 100Cr6 (AISI 52100) steel balls at 400 °C and 0% humidity. Additions of TiC and Mo2C to NbC-12Ni improved the sliding wear resistance, with TiC having the greater effect, reducing the sample wear rate by over 30% from 15.1×10−6mm3/N·m to 9.4×10−6mm3/N·m after sliding distance of 2.4 km. Generally, the LPS samples had lower wear volumes than the corresponding SPS samples, due to higher K1c and TRS. KW - Pulse electric current sintering KW - Niobium carbide KW - Nickel KW - Molybdenum carbide KW - Titanium carbide PY - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2019.105143 SN - 0263-4368 VL - 87 SP - 105143 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-51473 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -