This study reports on the effect of the sintering temperature and VC, Mo2C and TiC as well as the combination of Mo+VC on the densification, NbC grain growth, microstructure evolution as well as mechanical properties of novel NbC-Ni based cermets.
In this study, the influence of Ni binder content and carbide/carbonitride additions on the microstructure and mechanical properties of NbC-Ni matrix cermets were investigated.