Tungsten Carbide is Known for its Hardness and High Melting Point

Tungsten carbide is known for its hardness and high melting point. On the Mohs scale for testing hardness, tungsten carbide receives a rating of nine, surpassed only by diamonds, which have a hardness of 10. This hardness makes tungsten carbide very scratch-resistant. The melting point of tungsten carbide is around 2,600 degrees Celsius. By itself, tungsten carbide is not a naturally occurring material, it is only produced by combining the elements of tungsten and carbon.
 
Uses
Cutting tools for drilling, mining and construction often incorporate the use of tungsten carbide. These are undoubtedly the biggest markets for tungsten carbide, accounting for around 60 percent of its use. The use of this material in jewelry is becoming popular. Everything from rings to necklaces can be fashioned out of tungsten carbide. Tungsten carbide is also used on the tips of trekking poles and as spikes on snowmobile equipment. It is also used in ball point pens to align the roller ball with ink. Filaments from light bulbs are made out of tungsten because of its resistance to heat.
 
Military
Tungsten carbide is used in the creations of some weapons' ammunition. Armor-piercing ammunition is manufactured from tungsten carbide.
 
 
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Uses of Tungsten Carbide

Tungsten carbide is formed by the union of tungsten and carbon. This metal is considered to be one of the hardest and most durable of all metals. Tungsten carbide has applications in industries such as mining, drilling and the military.
 
 
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Major Producers of Tungsten

China, Russia and Korea are all major producers of tungsten, the primary material needed for tungsten carbide. Large reserves of tungsten can be found in certain countries such as Bolivia, Canada and the United States. Today, around 30,000 tons of tungsten carbide are produced annually throughout the world. Only 10 tons per year were being manufactured in the 1930's when it was first gaining widespread use.
 
Tungsten itself was discovered in the later 18th century, however, widespread use of tungsten carbide did not begin until the early 1920's. More useful applications were discovered in the 1930's when tungsten carbide was used in the milling and cutting of cast iron.
 
 
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The Uses of Tungsten Carbide Powder

Tungsten carbide powder is commonly used for hardfacing metals. Hardfacing is the process in which a tougher, harder material is applied to a softer base metal. Tungsten carbide improves the wear-resistant properties of a base metal. It is applied to mining equipment parts (shovel teeth, heel plates, bucket wheel excavator teeth, wear parts, crushing hammers, cutter drums and longwall miners), mineral processing equipment (hammers, chutes, pulverizing and grinding parts), earth-moving and construction equipment (grader blades, cutting edges, augers, trencher teeth, ground engaging tools and tunneling equipment), drilling tools, processing equipment and agriculture equipment (subsoilers, discs and injectors).

 

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Tungsten Carbide Powder is Used to Manufacture Tools Used in the Diamond Industry

Tungsten carbide powder is used to manufacture tools used in the diamond industry, such as segments, grinding wheels and scape. According to the book "Exploring Advanced Manufacturing Technologies," tungsten carbide diamond cutting tools are made by sintering diamond powder to a tungsten carbide base and then cutting them into various shapes. These shapes are inserted or brazed in tool bodies and then ground to finished shape and sizes. Diamond tools are used to cut hard materials, such as stone, glass and porcelain.
 
 
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Tungsten Carbide is Used in Common Consumer Goods

Tungsten carbide is used in common consumer goods, including razor blades. Tungsten carbide powder is used in men's wedding bands to give them a dark hue and to improve their scratch-resistance. Tungsten carbide powder is used to make sporting equipment and devices, such as trekking poles, cross-country skis, bicycle studs and drive tracks for snowmobiles. Hikers and trekkers use tungsten carbide-tipped poles and walking sticks to reduce pressure on leg joints and for balance. They are effective in providing traction on rock surfaces.

 

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Solid Carbide's Drawbacks

Solid carbide is more expensive than steel tools or carbide-tipped drills. In addition, solid carbide is brittle and must be used in a rigid, stable setup that minimizes vibration and movement. Solid carbide also requires a steady temperature or the tools may fracture. Flood coolant can keep carbide cool.

 

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What Does Solid Carbide Mean?

Carbide refers to a compound made from carbon and another element, usually tungsten. Carbide is used to make tools, such as drills and drill bits, because it is extremely strong. Solid carbide tools are made completely of carbide.
 
Solid Carbide's  Features 
Solid carbide tools are harder than steel and cut at higher temperatures. They also cut very accurately at high speeds, resulting in higher productivity. Solid carbide cuts abrasive materials, such as cast iron, glass and ceramics more effectively than steel.
 
 
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Preparation of Tungsten Trioxide

By drying, calcination tungstate and ammonium paratungstate can be prepared from tungsten trioxide. Drying temperatures around 100℃, the main material is physically adsorbed water vapor but only at higher temperatures the material is calcined to remove ammonium paratungstate and tungstic acid molecule of water and ammonia compounds.

Acid usually calcination in air, 180 ℃ starts dehydration at 500 ℃ for complete dehydration, tungsten oxide formation: H2WO4 = WO3 + H2O ↑

Ammonium paratungstate calcined by heating in air at different temperatures will produce different phase, when the temperature is raised to about 500 ℃, can be completely converted to tungsten trioxide.

Shao-Yi, who used differential thermal analysis and X-ray diffraction observation during calcination of APT and analysis, that the heating APT in the air phase change its course as follows: at a temperature of not less than 240 ℃, APT converted to ammonium metatungstate (AMT), continue heating to 300 ~ 350C, the conversion of the amorphous material (ammonium tungsten bronze ATB), temperature was raised to 400C, into a hexagonal type W03, temperature reached 500 ℃, to obtain a three triclinic crystal tungsten oxide. The purity determined APT purity tungsten trioxide, APT crystal form of the crystal tungsten trioxide hereditary, calcination temperature and the rate of thermal decomposition of the product physical properties of tungsten trioxide has a significant impact.

Calcined at different temperatures with a number of APT, WO3 products vary greatly surface area and particle size, the higher the calcination temperature, the more coarse particle size of the obtained WO3.


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Preparation of Blue Tungsten Oxide

Blue tungsten oxide (TBO) is an important raw material manufacturing of tungsten powder , tungsten oxide reduction due from tungsten powder blue easier to control the particle size and particle size composition , is conducive to the reduction process in the tungsten powder and mixed with other elements, so the TBO is gradually replace the tungsten trioxide production of special tungsten material as tungsten powder materials.

Blue tungsten oxide is an industrial product name , its composition mainly by WO2.9, WO3 and WO2.72 composed of several tungsten oxide , the proportion of each component depending on APT or restore the temperature calcination atmosphere and speed.

Preparation of blue tungsten oxide there are three main methods : APT sealed calcination , APT hydrogen reduction and inherent mild reduction . At present in China more industrial application is the first two methods .

Xue Kam et al APT decomposed under non-oxidizing atmosphere, blue tungsten oxide process of the study found that the decomposition experienced APT six stages :

First stage: the temperature between 90-180C , APT lose some water :

Second stage: temperature range of 180-260 ℃, ammonia begins to escape from ammonium paratungstate , the higher the temperature , the faster the loss of ammonia . Loss of ammonia product was obtained as ammonium metatungstate (AMT), soluble in water, reconstituted after preparation of high purity ammonium metatungstate products ;

Third stage: temperature range of 260-350 ℃, AMT decomposition, further loss of water and ammonia , ammonium decomposition products appeared tungsten bronze (ATB);

Stage IV : The temperature range 350-450C, at this time begins to decompose ammonia in the gas phase , to produce ammonia tungsten bronze (ATB), and to produce hydrogen and nitrogen from the gas phase can be detected in the product hydrogen. Decomposition of ammonia nitrogen and hydrogen atoms is first generated , the new ecological chemical activity of hydrogen atoms , ammonium tungsten bronze to the oxygen index ( tungsten compound in the x (O) / x (W) molar ratio ) decreases. Formation of ammonium tungsten bronze fixed composition , the ammonia content and oxygen index can vary , generally consisting of (NH4) xWO2.8 ~ 3.0;

Fifth stage: temperature range of 450-550 ℃, decomposition ATB ​​this stage , the hydrogen produced by decomposition of ammonia in the reaction , ATB decomposition products occurs WO3 and WO2.9, ATB under reducing atmosphere in the first section and then converted into the WO2 WO3.9in strong reducing atmosphere conditions , ATB will translate directly into W20O58 (WO2.9).

Stage 6: temperature range 550 N 650 ℃, decomposition products of this phase with the phase composition of systems vary considerably reducing the strength of the hydrogen to further participate in the reaction , so that the low priced tungsten oxide, tungsten oxide, transition , decomposition products , in addition to a small amount of ATB , there WO3, WO2.9 and tungsten oxide WO2.27 etc. , even WO2.


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