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Highly alloyed steel matrix for tools fabricated by powder metallurgy

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Both Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) and conventional sintering were applied to obtain bulks of ledeburitic highly alloyed steels for tools fabrication. Powder mixtures of the component elements, of compounds or of powders obtained through ball milling of the chips resulting from the processing of parts from steels of interest were used. When compared with traditional technologies (casting and plastic deformation), SPS and the use of milled chips resulted in the formation of microstructures with a high degree of distribution homogeneity and dimensional uniformity of the carbides. As is well known, the improvement of these parameters leads to the maximization of the functional properties of tools.

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  1. University Politehnica Bucharest, Splaiul Independentei, 313, sector 6, POB 060042, Bucharest, Romania

    M. Cojocaru & F. Velcea

  2. National Institute of Materials Physics, Atomistilor, 105bis, Magurele, Ilfov, 077125, Romania

    P. Badica

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Cojocaru, M., Velcea, F. & Badica, P. Highly alloyed steel matrix for tools fabricated by powder metallurgy. Surf. Engin. Appl.Electrochem. 51, 290–295 (2015). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068375515030059

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