The Corrosion Behaviour of WC-Co-Ru Alloys in Aggressive Chloride Media

Hardmetals possess excellent wear resistance, making them suitable alloys in several industrial applications. Mine waters with both dissolved chloride and sulphate salts can be severely corrosive and can limit the application of hardmetal tools in the mining industry. Ru additions to these alloys ca...

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Main Authors: J. H. Potgieter, P. Olubambi, S. S. Potgieter-Vermaak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:International Journal of Electrochemistry
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/594871