Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Tungsten Carbide in Heterogeneous Catalysis: An Application of Theory to Gain Insights into Catalytic Processes
Carlos Jimenez-Orozco¹, PhD, Andrey Koverga^1,2, PhD, Elizabeth Flórez¹, PhD and José A. Rodriguez³, PhD
¹Grupo de Materiales con Impacto (Mat&mpac), Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad de Medellín, Medellín, Colombia
²Instituto de Quimica de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, Brazil
³Chemistry Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York, USA

Chapter 2. Advances in Cemented Carbides for Metal Machining
Jialin Sun^1,2 and Jun Zhao^3
1School of Mechanical, Electrical & Information Engineering, Shandong University (Weihai), Weihai, Shandong, China
²Shenzhen Research Institute of Shandong University, Shenzhen, China
³Key Laboratory of High Efficiency and Clean Mechanical Manufacture of MOE, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

Chapter 3. Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Tungsten Carbide Nanoparticles
D.T. Usmanov
Arifov Institute of Ion-Plasma and Laser Technologies, Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Chapter 4. Advances in Research and Applications of Tungsten Carbides in Micro-EDM for Titanium Alloy
Phan Nguyen Huu¹, Dung Hoang Tien¹, Shailesh Shirguppikar², Long Banh Tien³, Toan Nguyen Duc³ and Vaibhav Ganachari^2
1Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Hanoi University of Industry, BacTuLiem District, Hanoi, Vietnam
²Department of Mechatronics Engineering, Rajarambapu Institute of Technology, Shivaji University, Sakharale, India
³Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam

Chapter 5. A Numerical Study of the Cracking Behaviour of Coated Tungsten Carbide Cutting Tools During the Machining Process
K. Bounif^1,2, PhD, M. Abbadi¹, PhD, and M. Nouari², PhD
¹ENSA, Laboratoire des sciences de l’ingénieur, Équipe Lean Manufacturing et Modélisation Mécanique, Université Mohamed 1^er, Oujda, Morocco
²LEM3, Université de Lorraine, GIP-InSIC, Nancy, France

Index