TY - JOUR A1 - Huang, S. G. A1 - Vleugels, J. A1 - Mohrbacher, H. A1 - Woydt, Mathias T1 - NbC grain growth control and mechanical properties of Ni bonded NbC cermets prepared by vacuum liquid phase sintering JF - International Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials N2 - The current study reports on the effect of the sintering temperature and secondary carbide (VC, Mo2C and TiC) and Mo additions on the NbC grain growth, microstructure evolution as well as concomitant Vickers hardness (HV30) and fracture toughness of Ni-bonded NbC cermets. KW - Cermet KW - Niobium carbide KW - Sintering KW - Microstructure KW - Mechanical properties PY - 2018 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2017.12.013 SN - 0263-4368 VL - 72 SP - 63 EP - 70 PB - Elsevier Science CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-43582 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -