Wear resistance and corrosion resistance of VCp particle reinforced stainless steel composites

The VCp reinforced stainless steel composite was produced by in-situ reaction casting. The composite was tested for its wear resistance under the wet abrasive condition and corrosion resistance, compared with the wear-resistant white iron and stainless steel. The results show that the wear resistance of the composite is slightly inferior to that of the white iron, but much better than that of the stainless steel under the wet grinding abrasive condition. The corrosion resistance of the composite is much better than that of the white iron in the acid medium,and a little worse than that of the stainless steel. Thus the composite exhibits superior properties of wear resistance and corrosion resistance.