Mechanism of material removal in tungsten carbide-cobalt alloy during chemistry enhanced shear thickening polishing
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Wang, J., Tang, T., Goel, S., Zhou, Y., Dai, Y., Wang, J., He, Q., Yuan, J. and Lyu, B. (2023). Mechanism of material removal in tungsten carbide-cobalt alloy during chemistry enhanced shear thickening polishing . Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 25, pp. 6865-6879. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2023.07.112
Authors | Wang, J., Tang, T., Goel, S., Zhou, Y., Dai, Y., Wang, J., He, Q., Yuan, J. and Lyu, B. |
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Abstract | The use of cemented carbides is ubiquitous in many fields especially for mechanical tooling, dies, and mining equipment. Surface finishing of cemented carbide down to atomic level has been a long-standing quest in manufacturing and materials community. For application of complex-shaped cemented carbide components, this work proposes a novel ‘chemistry enhanced shear thickening polishing’ (C-STP) process using Fenton’s reagent to obtain sub 10 nanometers finished polishing at a rate twice that of the conventional STP. This work offers quantitative insights into the influence of the concentration of Fenton’s reagent on the polishing performance. While the material removal rate was seen to be sensitive to the concentration, the surface roughness (Sa) was found to be insensitive to the concentration of Fenton’s reagent. The electrochemical experiments proved that Fenton’s reagent could effectively reduce the corrosion resistance of tungsten carbide-cobalt alloy. The characterisation of polished carbides using XPS and EDS revealed that the Cobalt binder gets removed preferentially during C-STP, which explains why the material removal rate during this technique becomes twice that of conventional STP. This study provides a promising method for high efficiency polishing of tungsten carbide-cobalt alloy parts with complex-shaped such as micro-drill |
Keywords | STP; Carbide; Polishing |
Year | 2023 |
Journal | Journal of Materials Research and Technology |
Journal citation | 25, pp. 6865-6879 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
ISSN | 2214-0697 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2023.07.112 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-materials-research-and-technology |
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25 Jul 2023 | |
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Accepted | 19 Jul 2023 |
Deposited | 20 Jul 2023 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
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