Metallic matrix composites include a high strength titanium aluminide alloy matrix and an in situ formed aluminum oxide reinforcement. The atomic percentage of aluminum in the titanium aluminide alloy matrix can vary from 40% to 48%. Included are methods of making the metallic matrix composites, in particular, through the performance of an exothermic chemical reaction. The metallic matrix composites can exhibit low porosity.

A cobalt-free, tungsten carbide-based cemented carbide material includes 70-97 wt % of hard substance particles formed at least predominantly by tungsten carbide, and 3-30 wt % of a metallic binder which is an iron-nickel-based alloy. The iron-nickel-based alloy includes at least iron, nickel and chromium, with a ratio of Fe to (Ni+Fe) of 0.70≤Fe/(Fe+Ni)≤0.95; a Cr content of 0.5 wt %≤Cr/(Fe+Ni+Cr) and (i) for the range 0.7≤Fe/(Fe+Ni)≤0.83: Cr/(Fe+Ni+Cr)≤(−0.625*(Fe/(Fe+Ni))+3.2688) wt %; (ii) for the range 0.83≤Fe/(Fe+Ni)≤0.85: Cr/(Fe+Ni+Cr)≤(−27.5*(Fe/(Fe+Ni))+25.575) wt %; and (iii) for the range 0.85≤Fe/(Fe+Ni)≤0.95: Cr/(Fe+Ni+Cr)≤2.2 wt %; an optional Mo content, an optional V content, and unavoidable impurities up to in total not more than 1 wt % of the cemented carbide material.

Provided is a corrosion, erosion and wear resistant cemented carbide for high demand applications including, for example, use as a component within oil and gas production. The cemented carbide includes a hard phase and a binder phase. The cemented carbide may include, for example. Ni, Cr and Mo. The binder phase content of the cemented carbide is between 7 to 11 wt %. The WC of the cemented carbide may have an average grain size of from 0.1 to 2 μm.

A metal contact of a residential circuit breaker with ordered ceramic microparticles is provided. The metal contact comprises an electrical contact material comprising a metal alloy and ceramic particles to form a metal matrix composite material. Both materials the metal alloy and the ceramic particles are present together as a metal compound but without forming an alloy. The metal compound is a matrix and reinforcement being the ceramic particles such that first the ceramic particles has a sintering step to get a homogeneous preform for the metal compound being porous with a controlled size obtained by pressing a particle size of about few micrometers of the ceramic particles and then a liquid metal infiltration step to provide a homogenous distribution of the metal alloy and the ceramic particles in a three-dimensional open porous arrangement and the homogenous distribution results in ordered microstructures.

Methods for producing oxide/metal composite components for use in high temperature systems, and components produced thereby. The methods use a fluid reactant and a porous preform that contains a solid oxide reactant. The fluid reactant contains yttrium as a displacing metal and the solid oxide reactant of the preform contains niobium oxide, of which niobium cations are displaceable species. The preform is infiltrated with the fluid reactant to react its yttrium with the niobium oxide of the solid oxide reactant and produce an yttria/niobium composite component, during which yttrium at least partially replaces the niobium cations of the solid oxide reactant to produce yttria and niobium metal, which together define a reaction product. The pore volume of the preform is at least partially filled by the reaction product, whose volume is greater than the volume lost by the solid oxide reactant as a result of reacting yttrium and niobium oxide.

A method of forming a supporting substrate for a cutting element comprises forming a precursor composition comprising discrete WC particles, a binding agent, and discrete particles comprising Co, one or more of Al, Be, Ga, Ge, Si, and Sn, and one or more of C and W. The precursor composition is subjected to a consolidation process to form a consolidated structure including WC particles dispersed in a homogenized binder comprising Co, W, C, and one or more of Al, Be, Ga, Ge, Si, and Sn. A method of forming a cutting element, a cutting element, a related structure, and an earth-boring tool are also described.

A method of forming a supporting substrate for a cutting element comprises forming a precursor composition comprising discrete WC particles, a binding agent, and discrete particles comprising Co, one or more of Al, Be, Ga, Ge, Si, and Sn, and one or more of C and W. The precursor composition is subjected to a consolidation process to form a consolidated structure including WC particles dispersed in a homogenized binder comprising Co, W, C, and one or more of Al, Be, Ga, Ge, Si, and Sn. A method of forming a cutting element, a cutting element, a related structure, and an earth-boring tool are also described.

Provided are a WC-based cemented carbide powder from which a WC-based cemented carbide member excellent in high thermal conductivity and high abrasion resistance can be manufactured, a WC-based cemented carbide member, and a manufacturing method for a WC-based cemented carbide member. The WC-based cemented carbide powder of the present invention includes WC, Cu, and at least one of Co, Fe, and Cr. The content of WC is equal to or more than 40 mass %, the content of at least one of Co, Fe, and Cr is equal to or more than 25 mass % and less than 60 mass %, and the ratio a/b of the content ‘a’ of Cu and the content ‘b’ of at least one of Co, Fe, and Cr satisfies 0.070≤a/b≤1.000.

Methods for producing oxide/metal composite components for use in high temperature systems, and components produced thereby. The methods use a fluid reactant and a porous preform that contains a solid oxide reactant. The fluid reactant contains yttrium as a displacing metal and the solid oxide reactant of the preform contains niobium oxide, of which niobium cations are displaceable species. The preform is infiltrated with the fluid reactant to react its yttrium with the niobium oxide of the solid oxide reactant and produce an yttria/niobium composite component, during which yttrium at least partially replaces the niobium cations of the solid oxide reactant to produce yttria and niobium metal, which together define a reaction product. The pore volume of the preform is at least partially filled by the reaction product, whose volume is greater than the volume lost by the solid oxide reactant as a result of reacting yttrium and niobium oxide.

Provided is an ultra-fine cemented carbide that has high hardness and exhibits excellent transverse-rupture-strength. The ultra-fine cemented carbide includes a hard phase, containing tungsten carbide (WC) as a main component, in an amount of 80 wt % or more and 99.4 wt % or less, a carbonitride phase, containing titanium carbonitride (Ti(C,N)) as a main component produced by carbonitriding of a titanium (Ti) oxide during sintering, in an amount of 0.1 wt % or more and 10.0 wt % or less, and a binder phase, containing at least one selected from cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), or iron (Fe) as a main component, in an amount of 0.50 wt % or more and 20 wt % or less, and the binder phase contains chromium carbide (Cr.sub.3C.sub.2) in an amount of 0.10 wt % or more and 20.0 wt % or less based on all of the binder phase, and in the ultra-fine cemented carbide, the hard phase, the carbonitride phase, and the binder phase total 100 wt %, WC after the sintering has an average grain size of 1.0 μm or less, the nitrogen content is 0.10 wt % or more and 1.25 wt % or less, and the carbon content is 4.80 wt % or more and 6.30 wt % or less.