Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Polycrystalline diamond compacts and earth-boring tools including such compacts
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Application No.: US16292982Application Date: 2019-03-05
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Publication No.: US10883317B2Publication Date: 2021-01-05
- Inventor: Marc W. Bird , Andrew Gledhill
- Applicant: Diamond Innovations, Inc. , Baker Hughes Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US OH Worthington; US TX Houston
- Assignee: Diamond Innovations, Inc.,Baker Hughes Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Diamond Innovations, Inc.,Baker Hughes Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Worthington; US TX Houston
- Agency: TraskBritt
- Main IPC: E21B10/56
- IPC: E21B10/56 ; B24D18/00 ; E21B10/54 ; E21B10/50 ; C22C29/00 ; C22C26/00 ; B22F5/00

Abstract:
A polycrystalline diamond compact includes a polycrystalline diamond material having a plurality of grains of diamond bonded to one another by inter-granular bonds and an intermetallic gamma prime (γ′) or κ-carbide phase disposed within interstitial spaces between the inter-bonded diamond grains. The ordered intermetallic gamma prime (γ′) or κ-carbide phase includes a Group VIII metal, aluminum, and a stabilizer. An earth-boring tool includes a bit body and a polycrystalline diamond compact secured to the bit body. A method of forming polycrystalline diamond includes subjecting diamond particles in the presence of a metal material comprising a Group VIII metal and aluminum to a pressure of at least 4.5 GPa and a temperature of at least 1,000° C. to form inter-granular bonds between adjacent diamond particles, cooling the diamond particles and the metal material to a temperature below 500° C., and forming an intermetallic gamma prime (γ′) or κ-carbide phase adjacent the diamond particles.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190203541A1 POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND COMPACTS AND EARTH-BORING TOOLS INCLUDING SUCH COMPACTS Public/Granted day:2019-07-04
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