Plasma Spraying and Characterization of Tungsten Carbide-Cobalt Coatings by the Water-Stabilized System WSP

Table 3

Comparison of the best WSP coating of WC-Co (115–300) with other materials studied by the authors under the same conditions.

MATERIAL	SAR—wear coef. [mm^3/Nm]	DSRW—wear coef. [mm^3/Nm]	Microhardness 𝐻𝑉0.1 [GPa]
WC-17Co (115–300)	0.00010	0.00017	18.67±4.18
WC-17Co, HVOF	0.00002	0.00009	12.40±1.16
Cr2O3, WSP-sprayed	0.00010	0.00113	9.62±1.12
Hard chrome	0.00019	0.00056	8.84±0.97