Study of solid-state sintered fine-grained cemented carbides

Aiming to study the distribution of Cr specifically after solid-state sintering, a Cr-doped WC-powder was mixed with Co and excess of carbon, and subsequently hot-pressed for 1 h and 30 MPa at 1200 °C. This transmission electron microscopy study shows that Cr is concentrated to the surfaces of the WC grains in the sample after mentioned solid-state sintering.