“…On the other hand, the large residual tensile thermal stress on the binder phase causes the binder regions to deform plastically even at very low external compressive stresses that contributes to the elastic strain energy absorption of the alloy and might constitute yet another reason for the high toughness of cemented carbides 8 (Paggett, Krawitz, Drake, et al, 2006;Paggett, Krawitz, Drake, et al, 2007).…”