EUROPEAN CONGRESS AND EXHIBITION ON ADVANCED MATERIALS AND PROCESSES - EUROMAT 2021

When considering the use of novel binders for cemented carbides, the dramatic influence of the interaction between the binder and the hardphase must be taken into consideration. This interaction will determine the phases present in the final microstructure, as well as the final composition of the binder phase. The fast development of thermodynamic software tools during the last years has provided rather strong databases that can very significantly contribute to the design of novel binders. These tools are particularly useful when rather complex systems (i.e. multi-component systems) are considered as binders. This work will present some examples on how the current available software tools can provide important information for takling the design of novel binders.