Thermodynamic investigation of phase equilibria on the (W,Mo)C-(Co,Ni) cemented carbides.

The C-Co-Mo-W and C-Mo-Ni-W quaternary systems have been critically evaluated by means of the CALPHAD approach, in which the Co-Mo-W system was readjusted to ensure the model consistency. The thermodynamic models of Gibbs energies for individual phases in the ternary and quaternary systems are described, including substitutional solution model, sublattice model and linear compound model. The modeling covers the whole temperature and composition ranges, and a set of self-consistent thermodynamic parameters for the C-Co-Mo-W and C-Mo-Ni-W quaternary systems is obtained. According to the comprehensive comparisons between the reported and calculated phase diagram data, the reliable equilibria information is satisfactorily accounted for by the modeling. Based on the present work together with the previously reported assessments of binary, ternary and quaternary sub-systems, a thermodynamic database for the C-Co-Mo-Ni-W quinary system is constructed and applied to calculate the sintering region phase equilibria of the (W,Mo)C-(Co,Ni) cemented carbides. • Thermodynamic evaluations of C-Mo-W-Co/Ni quaternary systems are performed. • Reliable experimental data are well accounted for by the present modeling. • Calculated sintering region of (W,Mo)C-(Co,Ni) cemented carbides are presented. • The assessment is important to the design of (W,Mo)C-based cemented carbides. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]