Effects of Process Parameters on Geometrical Characteristics and Microstructure of TiC Particle-Reinforced Co50 Alloy by Laser Cladding

Figure 9

Schematic illustration of TiC collision and sintering within Co alloy melt: (a) a stuck TiC moving at faster speed v2 catching up a single TiC; (b) collision with each other; (c) partial sintering among TiC particles and growth of the whole cluster.

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