ʻO ka tungsten carbide kahi hui kemika inorganic nona ka nui o nā ʻātoma tungsten a me ke kalapona. ʻO ka tungsten carbide, i ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo "cemented carbide", "hard alloy" a i ʻole "hardmetal", he ʻano mea metallurgic nona ka pauka tungsten carbide (kemika: WC) a me nā mea hoʻopaʻa ʻē aʻe (cobalt, nickel, etc.).
ʻO Tungsten Carbide - Loaʻa nā carbide tungsten i hoʻopaʻa ʻia mai kahi pakeneka kiʻekiʻe o nā ʻāpana carbide tungsten i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e kahi metala ductile. ʻO nā mea hoʻopaʻa maʻamau i hoʻohana ʻia no nā bushings he nickel a me cobalt. ʻO nā waiwai hopena e hilinaʻi ʻia ana ma ka matrix tungsten a me ka pakeneka o ka mea hoʻopaʻa (maʻamau 6 a 15% ma ke kaumaha no kēlā me kēia leo).

Hiki ke kaomi ʻia a hana ʻia i loko o nā ʻano i hana ʻia, hiki ke wili ʻia me ka pololei, a hiki ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia me a hoʻopili ʻia paha i nā metala ʻē aʻe. Hiki ke hoʻolālā ʻia nā ʻano like ʻole a me nā papa o ka carbide e like me ka mea e pono ai no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka noi i manaʻo ʻia, me ka ʻoihana kemika, ka ʻaila a me ke kinoea a me ke kai e like me ka hana mining a me nā mea ʻokiʻoki, ka mold a me ka make, nā ʻāpana ʻaʻahu, a pēlā aku

Ma muli o nā noi like ʻole o nā mea hoʻohana, hana pinepine ʻia nā lāʻau tungsten carbide me nā papa tungsten carbide like ʻole. ʻO nā moʻo nui ʻelua o ka papa tungsten carbide ʻo ia ka moʻo YG (cobalt) a me ka moʻo YN (Nickel). Ma ke ʻano laulā, ʻoi aku ka ikaika o ka transverse rupture o nā lāʻau tungsten carbide moʻo YG, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kūʻē ʻana o ka lāʻau tungsten carbide moʻo YN i ka corrosion ma mua o ka mea mua.

Hōʻike ka ʻūlū koʻokoʻo tungsten carbide i ka paʻakikī kiʻekiʻe a me ka ikaika haki transverse, a he hana ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma ke kūʻē ʻana i ka abrasion a me ka corrosion, e hiki ai ke hoʻohana nui ʻia i nā ʻoihana he nui.

E hoʻohana nui ʻia ka lima ʻauamo tungsten carbide no ke kākoʻo wili, hoʻonohonoho, anti-thrust a me ke sila o ke axle o ka motika, centrifuge, mea pale a me ka mea hoʻokaʻawale o ka pamu uila i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i loko o nā kūlana hana maikaʻi ʻole o ka wili wikiwiki kiʻekiʻe, ka abrasion lash one a me ka corrosion kinoea i ke kahua aila, e like me ka lima bearings slide, ka lima axle motika a me ka lima axle sila.