@article{Gordo_Velasco_Martínez_Torralba_2002, title={Influence of TaC and NbC on the properties of M3/2 PM HSS}, volume={38}, url={https://revistademetalurgia.revistas.csic.es/index.php/revistademetalurgia/article/view/387}, DOI={10.3989/revmetalm.2002.v38.i2.387}, abstractNote={Metal matrix composites based on M3/2 high speed steel and reinforced with different percentages of NbC and TaC were manufactured following a conventional powder metallurgy route: mixing, compacting and sintering. Graphite, to compensate carbon losses during sintering, and copper-phosphorous, to promote liquid phase sintering, were added to M3/2 powders to constitute the base material. Carbide and base material powders were dry mixed and uniaxially compacted at 700 MPa. After this, vacuum sintering was carried out at two temperatures: 1190 °C and 1230 °C. The mechanical properties and wear behaviour of all sintered materials were examined, and their characterisation was completed with a broad microstructural study}, number={2}, journal={Revista de Metalurgia}, author={Gordo, E. and Velasco, E. and Martínez, M. A. and Torralba, J. M.}, year={2002}, month={Apr.}, pages={83–93} }