WC Tungsten Carbide Cutting Tools
Description
Tungsten Carbide Properties
The following is a list of Tungsten Carbide Properties. Different Grades of Tungsten Carbide will differ in Strength, Rigidity, and other Properties, but all Tungsten Carbide Material falls into the basic properties listed below. For more indepth information on the properties of specific grades of Tungsten carbide, or more information on Carbide and other tool Materials visit our Tool Tipping Material Index.
Strength - Tungsten carbide has very high strength for a material so hard and rigid. Compressive strength is higher than virtually all melted and cast or forged metals and alloys.
Rigidity - Tungsten carbide compositions range from two to three times as rigid as steel and four to six times as rigid as cast iron and brass. Young’s Modulus is up to 94,800,000 psi.
High resistance to deformation and deflection is very valuable in those many applications where a combination of minimum deflection and good ultimate strength merits first consideration. These include spindles for precision grinding and rolls for strip or sheet metal.
Impact Resistant - For such a hard material with very high rigidity, the impact resistance is high. It is in the range of hardened tool steels of lower hardness and compressive strength.
Specification
CO: 3%-23%
Wc particle size: 0.4-2.0
Strength: 2600-3000