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Carbide vs Cermet - What's the difference?

carbide | cermet |

As nouns the difference between carbide and cermet

is that carbide is while cermet is cermet.

carbide

English

Noun

(wikipedia carbide) (en noun)
  • (chemistry) Any binary compound of carbon and a more electropositive element
  • (chemistry) The polyatomic ion C22−, or any of its salts.
  • (chemistry) The monatomic ion C4−, or any of its salts.
  • (chemistry) A carbon-containing alloy or doping of a metal or semiconductor, such as steel.
  • (chemistry) Tungsten carbide.
  • (cycling) trivial name for calcium carbide (CaC2), used to produce acetylene in bicycle lamps in the early 1900s.

    • Derived terms

    * barium carbide * beryllium carbide * caesium carbonate * boron carbide * calcium carbide * carbide lamp * cerium carbide * chromium carbide * hafnium carbide * iron carbide * niobium carbide * silicon carbide * sodium carbide * tantalum carbide * titanium carbide * tungsten carbide * vanadium carbide * yttrium carbide * zirconium carbide

    See also

    * cementite

    cermet

    English

    (wikipedia cermet)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A composite material composed of ceramic and metal materials, used in such applications as industrial saws and turbine blades.
  • * 2003 , Stephen F. Krar, Arthur Gill, Exploring Advanced Manufacturing Technologies , page 3-2-14,
    • The multi-component alloy cermets , made up of different hard materials and binder elements, have high wear-resistance qualities that result in long tool life.
  • * 2009 , Edmund Isakov, Cutting Data for Turning of Steel , page 114,
    • Cutting performance of cermets was improved after development of titanium-molybdenum-carbon-nitrogen and titanium-tungsten-carbon-nitrogen compounds with binders containing nickel, molybdenum, cobalt, or a combination thereof (Ref 3, p.91).
  • * 2011 , Bikramjit Basu, Mitjan Kalin, Tribology of Ceramics and Composites: Materials Science Perspective , page 356,
    • Among various tribological materials, cermets are known for their excellent wear resistance under unlubricated conditions.