Wear of Niobium carbide with nickel binder has been experimentally characterized under dry, oscillating sliding conditions against steel and a-alumina up to 600°C.
NbC was studied as the major carbide phase with Ni and Co binders, produced by both spark plasma sintering (SPS) and liquid phase sintering (LPS), and tested as cutting inserts during dry and MQL (Minimum quantity lubrication) face-milling of grey cast iron (GCI) (BS 1452, Grade 17).