The reason why people are interested in that it is ubiquitous in vanadium metals and alloys

Overview of vanadium carbide

Vanadium carbide is an inorganic compound having the formula VC. This is a very hard refractory ceramic material. The hardness is 9-9.5 Mohs, which is probably the hardest known metal carbide. The reason why people are interested in that it is ubiquitous in vanadium metals and alloys. It has the same structure as vanadium monoxide and crystallizes in the rock salt structure. Since VC and VO are mutually soluble, VC samples usually contain oxide impurities. It is produced by heating vanadium oxide and carbon at a temperature of about 1000°C. Although VC is thermodynamically stable, convert it to V2 at a higher temperature. Vanadium carbide is used as an additive in cemented carbide to refine carbide crystals, thereby increasing the hardness of the blade. Transition metal carbides have a high melting point, hardness and high-temperature strength. These materials also exhibit good electrical and thermal conductivity. Among them, vanadium carbide is the most attractive because it has many excellent physical and mechanical properties, such as high hardness, excellent wear resistance, good corrosion resistance, and excellent high-temperature strength. It has high chemical and thermal stability even at high temperatures. 

At present, a variety of methods for synthesizing vanadium carbide powder have been studied, including direct element reaction, mechanical alloying, temperature-programmed reaction, and gas reduction carburizing. Mechanical cemented carbide (MA) as a cemented carbide production process has attracted much attention because of its ability to produce nanocrystalline powder before sintering. 

Applications of vanadium carbide

The first is tools and abrasives. Like many of its related refractory ceramics, vanadium carbide is often used to produce extremely hard, wear-resistant surfaces for cutting tools, drill bits and other mechanical surfaces prone to extreme wear. The second is metallurgy. Because vanadium carbide powder has a unique hardness and corrosion resistance, it is often used as an additive in alloys. In particular, it is used in the production of tungsten carbide to improve cermets by refining carbide crystals. The third is the coating. Like many carbide powders, vanadium carbide powders are commonly used to produce extremely hard coatings for high-stress applications.

 After the proper treatment, the hardness of the material coated with vanadium carbide is twice that of the cemented carbide coating. Combining with the production needs of the factory, some small molds that require wear resistance and anti-adhesion are treated with vanadium infiltration. After being put into production and use, the service life is doubled, and the effect is significant. 

Application on valve body parts

The poppet valve and the slide valve are important key parts of the safety valve of construction machinery. The ordinary tempering treatment is used in the original production practice, and the service life is relatively low. 

Application on other molds

For some small molds that require wear resistance and anti-adhesion, the service life of the mold is increased by 1-10 times after the vanadium infiltration technology is adopted by the relevant factories and put into production. Due to the increase in life, materials and man-hours are saved, productivity is improved, and greater economic benefits are achieved, it is expected that vanadium carbide covering technology will be widely used in production soon.

Vanadium carbide price

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