General Manufacturing Processes and Properties of Metal Carbides

2 General Manufacturing Processes and Properties of Metal Carbides 

Carbides are produced by reacting elemental carbon, or gases which yield carbon, with metals or metal compounds at sufficiently high temperatures (1200 to 2300°C). This carburization is preferably carried out in a protective gas atmosphere or in a vacuum. The commonly used processes are  

Carbides generally manufactured by reacting metals or metal oxides with carbon (lamp black) at high temperatures (1200 to 2300°C). The processes utilized are  

By far the most important process is carburization in the solid phase 

The following furnace types are utilized for carburization reactions  

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