Erosion and abrasion of chromium carbide based cermets produced by different methods

This paper is on comparison of the abrasive and erosive wear resistance of chromium carbide based and nickel bonded cermets prepared by two different methods: conventional powder metallurgy sintering and the new developed one—reactive carburizing sintering. The nickel content was varied at the weight percents of 10, 20 and 30%. Results indicate that sintering process and microstructural parameters influence materials resistance to erosion and abrasion. It is shown, that cermets produced by reactive carburizing sintering have some advantage in erosion and abrasion resistance over conventionally produced ones.