“…The microstructure shows that TiC particles were homogeneously distributed in Ni/NiB matrix and also shows the core-rim structure embedded with Ni/NiB matrix, which is common in TiC-based cermets produced by conventional technology [3,18,19,26,27]. The dark-gray cores of un-dissolved TiC were precipitation sites for the Ni and (Ti,Ni)C solid solutions.…”