“…The properties that make Inconel 718 an important engineering material are responsible for its poor machinability (Tebassi et al, 2016a;Tebassi et al, 2017;Sharman et al, 2006). These properties are commonly the strength maintained during machining, the highly abrasive carbide particles contained in the microstructure and the poor thermal conductivity (Sharman et al, 2001;Li et al, 2002), which leads to elevate the cutting temperature up to 1200 °C at the rake face (Kitagawa et al, 1997). Consequently, the requirements for any cutting tool material used for machining these alloys should include: good wear resistance, high hot hardness, high strength and toughness, good thermal shock properties and adequate chemical stability at high temperature (Ezugwu et al, 1999); such as ceramic tools recommended for machining of these alloys compared with coated carbide at high cutting speed (Darwish, 2000;Nalbant et al, 2007;Gatto & Iuliano, 1997).…”