Abstract:
A method for ablating a synthetic diamond having a pitted surface includes applying a colloidal graphite to the surface of the diamond and subjecting it to an oxygen plasma so that preferably approximately 50 microns are removed from the surface of the synthetic diamond. The resulting surface of the diamond is virtually pit free. Preferably, the diamond is then mechanically lapped for finishing.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method of making synthetic diamond with reduced bowing. Bowing direction has been investigated. Depositing synthetic diamond with a plasma using a concave deposition surface results in a reduced or eliminated bowing, as compared to the use of a flat substrate. Various applications such as heat sink material.
a) an integrated circuit, b) a lead frame having a plurality of legs in electrical connection with the integrated circuit, and c) a diamond film, wherein the diamond film in is intimate thermal contact with both the integrated circuit and the plurality of legs of the lead frame.
Abstract:
A process for producing ceramic materials, especially flake, fiber and grain materials comprising solidifying a hydrated alumina sol, freeze drying the solidified sol and thereafter sintering the freeze dried material is disclosed. Ribbed flake material obtainable by the process is also disclosed.
Abstract:
Strong and durable silicon nitride filtration membranes with effective separating layers having effective pore diameters less than about 1 µm are produced by depositing a source of silicon onto a porous microfilter support, removing any liquid used in the depositing, and subjecting the silicon source to nitridation conditions. Suitable sources of silicon include silicon per se and silica. When silica is used, a suitable reducing agent is deposited therewith to reduce the silica to silicon in situ .
Abstract:
This invention relates to the field of cutting hard materials. More particularly, the invention describes a method and apparatus for cutting diamond. The method for cutting diamond according to the present invention, comprises the steps of providing a wire; heating said wire; and urging said wire and diamond together and moving said wire longitudinally. Preferably, the wire and/or diamond is heated to approach the metal-carbon eutectic temperature and create sensible reaction rates of the carbon on the wire surface. The wire can also carry a molten oxidant to enhance the cutting rate.
Abstract:
A mandrel for use in a diamond deposition process has surfaces with different diamond adhesion properties. According to one embodiment, a mandrel is provided and has first and second surfaces on which a diamond film is deposited, with the second surface forming a perimeter around the first surface. The first surface of the mandrel has a first diamond bonding strength which is less than a second diamond bonding strength of the second surface. In an embodiment for forming a cup-shaped diamond film, the mandrel is a titanium nitride (TiN) coated molybdenum (Mo) substrate having a stepped solid cylindrical shape with a central mesa having a side wall or flank. The side wall is etched near the top surface of the mesa to expose a molybdenum band and to form a second surface which bounds the TiN first surface. When the molybdenum band loses efficiency as a result of diamond particles remaining in the molybdenum band after a diamond deposition procedure, a second strip of the TiN coating adjacent to the first strip may be etched or machined to expose a second band of molybdenum. Other embodiments of the invention include machining the molybdenum band on the mesa top surface, machining a stepped molybdenum band, using a separate and detachable molybdenum foil or wire applied to grooves in the mandrel, and forming radial lines or patches on the surface of the mandrel.
Abstract:
A method and corresponding apparatus for depositing a substance with temperature control on a surface of a substrate are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of :
providing a cooling block having a surface that is cooled by heat exchange ; supporting said substrate from said cooling block so that the bottom surface of said substrate is spaced from said cooling block surface by a gap ; providing a gas in said gap ; and depositing said substance on the top surface of said substrate.
With such a method, the temperature conditions are uniform and repeatable when depositing a substance on a substrate. The invention is especially applicable to deposition of diamond by plasma jet.
Abstract:
At least the surface region of a cutting tool substrate made of tungsten carbide in a cobalt matrix is carburized to chemically passivate the cobalt prior to deposition of diamond film on it. The passivation improves adhesion by preventing reaction of the cobalt with the diamond in the course of the deposition process.
Abstract:
This invention relates to temperature control during material deposition and, more particularly, to controlling temperature of a substance experiencing high thermal energy fluxes while being deposited on a rotating surface. In accordance with an embodiment of the invention for depositing a substance, there is provided a deposition chamber for containing heated constituents of the substance and a mandrel assembly, which includes a mandrel mounted on a base. The mandrel assembly is rotatable on an axis, and the mandrel thereof has a surface in said chamber.