Background technology
Tungsten carbide base carbide alloy has the advantages that hardness is high, bending strength is high and fracture toughness property is good, at aspects such as modern tool material, high-abrasive material, high temperature resistant and corrosion resistant materials, has application very widely.The most representative is that it can replace rapid steel to a great extent, thereby has caused the technological revolution of metal-processing industry, is described as " tooth of industry ".In Wimet system, adding of metallic binding phase (as cobalt, nickel) can increase the toughness of alloy and intensity, but inevitably makes its hardness and erosion resistance reduce.Under some specific use occasion, as the nozzle that high-pressure water cutting is used, the reduction of hardness has limited its application.Therefore,, for putting forward heavy alloyed hardness and wear resistance, often, by reducing the content of metallic binding phase in component, even do not add Binder Phase and realize.At present, about the research without Binder Phase carboloy, be day by day subject to domestic and international attention.
Raising is that the grain-size of material is decreased to even nanoscale of submicron without the effective way of Binder Phase carboloy performance, and its gordian technique is the preparation of superfine powder and the sintering of material.The Production Flow Chart of tradition Wimet is generally: ammonium paratungstate (APT) obtains the oxide compound of tungsten through calcining, through reduction and carbonization, obtain WC again, need afterwards to experience the steps such as batching, ball milling, compacting, dewaxing, high temperature sintering, can find out not only long flow path of this technique, and energy consumption is large, repetitious high-temperature process causes the crystal particle scale of material wayward.Ultra-fine or the nano hard alloy material of at present both at home and abroad development is still continued to use above-mentioned traditional technique, although obtained larger progress at ultra-fine or nano powder of tungsten carbide aspect preparing, but because above-mentioned technique sintering temperature is high, the time is long, cause nano powder of tungsten carbide crystal grain in sintering process sharply to be grown up, even if interpolation grain growth inhibitor, can not avoid grain growth completely.
Summary of the invention
The problems referred to above and the deficiency that for prior art, exist; the object of this invention is to provide a kind of preparation technology simple, practical; can be handling strong; easily accomplish scale production; sintering temperature is low; material grains is tiny, the preparation method without Binder Phase nano tungsten carbide hard alloy of good mechanical performance.
For achieving the above object, the technical solution used in the present invention is as follows:
A preparation method without Binder Phase nano tungsten carbide hard alloy, comprises the steps:
A) tungsten nitride and carbon black are carried out to ball milling and mix, preparation W
2n/C mixed powder;
B) W step a) being made
2n/C mixed powder is placed in discharge plasma sintering stove and carries out sintering: first the speed with 10~500 ℃/min is warmed up to 700~1000 ℃, be incubated and after 1~20 minute, be forced into again 10~200MPa and be warming up to 1200~1800 ℃, be incubated 1~20 minute, obtain without Binder Phase nano tungsten carbide hard alloy.
The mol ratio of the tungsten nitride of step in a) and carbon black is preferably 1: 2~and 1: 3.
The ball milling solvent of step in a) is preferably ethanol.
The ball-milling medium of step in a) is preferably tungsten-carbide ball.
The Ball-milling Time of step in a) is preferably 6~48 hours.
Step b) sintering atmosphere in is preferably vacuum or inert atmosphere.
Step b) temperature rise rate in is preferably 50~200 ℃/min.
Step b) sintering pressure in is preferably 50~200MPa.
Compared with prior art, tool of the present invention has the following advantages:
1) adopt reaction SPS sintering technology, greatly reduce sintering temperature, reduced raw materials cost and energy consumption.
2) prepared material grains is tiny, and density is high, and has good mechanical property.
3) preparation technology simple, practical, can be handling strong, easily accomplish scale production.
Specific implementation method
Below in conjunction with embodiment, the present invention is described in further detail and completely, but do not limit content of the present invention.
Embodiment 1
Take 10mol tungsten nitride and 25mol carbon black, take ethanol as solvent, tungsten-carbide ball are ball-milling medium, mix 24 hours on roll-type ball mill, rotary evaporation, is placed in baking oven inner drying, sieves, and obtains W
2n/C mixed powder;
By the W after sieving
2n/C mixed powder is placed in discharge plasma sintering stove and carries out sintering: under vacuum condition, first the temperature rise rate with 100 ℃/min rises to 800 ℃, is incubated and again pressure is increased to 90MPa after 5 minutes, and be warming up to 1250 ℃, after insulation 3min, obtain without Binder Phase nano tungsten carbide hard alloy.
Fig. 1 is the figure of the SEM without Binder Phase nano tungsten carbide hard alloy polished surface that the present embodiment makes, as seen from Figure 1: the grain-size without Binder Phase nano tungsten carbide hard alloy making is tiny, and median size is 270nm, and density is higher than 98%.
Embodiment 2
The difference of the present embodiment and embodiment 1 is only: taking 10mol tungsten nitride and 20mol carbon black is raw material, and secondary temperature elevation to 1450 ℃ is also incubated 5 minutes.
All the other contents are all with described in embodiment 1.
Analyze and learn after testing: the grain-size without Binder Phase nano tungsten carbide hard alloy that the present embodiment makes is tiny, and median size is 410nm, and density is higher than 98%.
Embodiment 3
The difference of the present embodiment and embodiment 1 is only: taking 10mol tungsten nitride and 30mol carbon black is raw material, and secondary temperature elevation to 1250 ℃ is also incubated 3 minutes.
All the other contents are all with described in embodiment 1.
Analyze and learn after testing: the grain-size without Binder Phase nano tungsten carbide hard alloy that the present embodiment makes is tiny, and median size is 220nm, and density is higher than 98%.
Embodiment 4
The difference of the present embodiment and embodiment 1 is only: Ball-milling Time is 6 hours, secondary temperature elevation to 1500 ℃ insulation 5 minutes.
All the other contents are all with described in embodiment 1.
Analyze and learn after testing: the grain-size without Binder Phase nano tungsten carbide hard alloy that the present embodiment makes is tiny, and median size is 450nm, and density is higher than 98%.
Embodiment 5
The difference of the present embodiment and embodiment 1 is only: Ball-milling Time is 48 hours, and secondary temperature elevation to 1250 ℃ is also incubated 5 minutes.
All the other contents are all with described in embodiment 1.
Analyze and learn after testing: the grain-size without Binder Phase nano tungsten carbide hard alloy that the present embodiment makes is tiny, and median size is 250nm, and density is higher than 98%.
Embodiment 6
The difference of the present embodiment and embodiment 1 is only: sintering atmosphere is nitrogen atmosphere, is once warming up to 900 ℃ and be incubated 10 minutes.
All the other contents are all with described in embodiment 1.
Analyze and learn after testing: the grain-size without Binder Phase nano tungsten carbide hard alloy that the present embodiment makes is tiny, and median size is 300nm, and density is higher than 98%.
Embodiment 7
The difference of the present embodiment and embodiment 1 is only: sintering atmosphere is argon gas atmosphere, is once warming up to 900 ℃ and be incubated 15 minutes.
All the other contents are all with described in embodiment 1.
Analyze and learn after testing: the grain-size without Binder Phase nano tungsten carbide hard alloy that the present embodiment makes is tiny, and median size is 320nm, and density is higher than 98%.
Embodiment 8
The difference of the present embodiment and embodiment 1 is only: be once warming up to 1000 ℃ of insulations 1 minute.
All the other contents are all with described in embodiment 1.
Analyze and learn after testing: the grain-size without Binder Phase nano tungsten carbide hard alloy that the present embodiment makes is tiny, and median size is 320nm, and density is higher than 98%.
Embodiment 9
The difference of the present embodiment and embodiment 1 is only: be once warming up to 700 ℃ and be incubated 20 minutes.
All the other contents are all with described in embodiment 1.
Analyze and learn after testing: the grain-size without Binder Phase nano tungsten carbide hard alloy that the present embodiment makes is tiny, and median size is 220nm, and density is higher than 98%.
Embodiment 10
The difference of the present embodiment and embodiment 1 is only: a temperature rise rate is 10 ℃/min; Secondary temperature elevation to 1500 ℃ insulation 10min.
All the other contents are all with described in embodiment 1.
Analyze and learn after testing: the grain-size without Binder Phase nano tungsten carbide hard alloy that the present embodiment makes is tiny, and median size is 460nm, and density is higher than 98%.
Embodiment 11
The difference of the present embodiment and embodiment 1 is only: a temperature rise rate is 500 ℃/min; Secondary temperature elevation to 1200 ℃ insulation 10min.
All the other contents are all with described in embodiment 1.
Analyze and learn after testing: the grain-size without Binder Phase nano tungsten carbide hard alloy that the present embodiment makes is tiny, and median size is 210nm, and density is higher than 98%.
Embodiment 12
The difference of the present embodiment and embodiment 1 is only: during secondary temperature elevation, institute's applied pressure is 10MPa, secondary temperature elevation to 1800 ℃ insulation 1min.
All the other contents are all with described in embodiment 1.
Analyze and learn after testing: the grain-size without Binder Phase nano tungsten carbide hard alloy that the present embodiment makes is tiny, and median size is 670nm, and density is higher than 98%.
Embodiment 13
The difference of the present embodiment and embodiment 1 is only: during secondary temperature elevation, institute's applied pressure is 200MPa, secondary temperature elevation to 1200 ℃ insulation 20min.
All the other contents are all with described in embodiment 1.
Analyze and learn after testing: the grain-size without Binder Phase nano tungsten carbide hard alloy that the present embodiment makes is tiny, and median size is 200nm, and density is higher than 98%.
In sum, utilize prepared by the inventive method without Binder Phase nano tungsten carbide hard alloy, to have sintering temperature low, consuming time short; Prepared material grains is tiny, and density is high, good mechanical performance.