Abstract:
Abrasive compacts are described which comprise a support mass having abrasive masses bonded to each of the upper and lower surfaces of said support mass. Preferably, the abrasive masses are diamond or cubic boron nitride and the support mass is a sintered carbide. Bonding of the abrasive masses to the support mass preferably is accomplished by a high pressure, high temperature process.
Abstract:
A sintered compact of cubic boron nitride is made by adsorbing and/or diffusing 0.005 to 1.000 percent by weight of water into a boron nitride compact containing alkaline earth metal boron nitride as a catalyst. The so prepared compact is then subjected to a treatment under high pressure at a relatively low temperature to form a dense cubic boron nitride sintered compact of high purity.
Abstract:
A diamond sintered body for tools contains a diamond content in excess of 93 percent and not more than 99 percent by volume and a residue including at least one of a metal or a carbide selected from groups IVa, Va and VIa of the periodic table and an iron group metal of 0.1 to 3 percent by volume in total and pores at least 0.5 percent and not more than 7 percent by volume.
Abstract:
Diamond crystals are grown by subjecting reaction materials of nondiamond carbon, a solvent metal, and diamond seeds to pressure and temperature conditions in the diamond-stable region. The reaction materials are in the form of a pair of a superimposed solvent metal plate and a nondiamond carbon plate or a pile made of a plurality of the pairs of the superimposed solvent metal plate and nondiamond carbon plate, and a plurality of the seeds are disposed on either one or each of the confronting surfaces of the pair of the superimposed solvent metal plate and nondiamond carbon plate. Alternatively, the reaction materials are in the form of a plate made of a mixture of the solvent metal and the nondiamond carbon or a pile made of a plurality of the mixture plates, and a plurality of the seeds are disposed on a surface of each plate. The seeds have a particle size of not larger than 50 .mu.m and are regularly disposed in such a manner that the seeds are located at a substantially equal distance and the distance between the peripheries of every two adjacent growth diamond crystal particles is from 50 to 300 .mu.m. The diamond crystals are allowed to grow until their sizes reach at least five times the size of the seeds.
Abstract:
An artificial diamond single crystal, a process for producing it, and tools for utilizing it are disclosed. The artificial diamond crystal has at least one surface which has a rough surface formed by suppressed crystal growth at that surface. The single crystal is produced by providing a diamond synthesis reaction system comprised of a reaction chamber, a carbon source and a solvent metal arranged in contact with the carbon source. A seed crystal is provided in the reaction chamber under elevated pressures and temperatures which permit diamond to be maintained thermodynamically stable. The reaction system is heated to provide a temperature gradient in such a way that a portion of the solvent metal in contact with the carbon source is higher in temperature than a portion of the solvent metal in contact with the seed crystal. This temperature gradient causes a migration of the carbon from the higher temperature portion to the lower temperature portion using the solvent metal as a medium. This allows the carbon to precipitate and grow as diamond on the seed crystal due to the difference in solubility caused by the temperature gradient. The conditions in the reaction chamber housing are maintained so as to suppress crystal growth in at least one direction perpendicular to the direction of the temperature gradient, at the end of the solvent metal. The suppressed crystal growth provides the rough surface of the single crystal which can be connected to a tool and thus provides good adherence between the crystal and the tool.
Abstract:
A process improvement is disclosed for making diamond wire die compacts of the type which are generally described as an inner polycrystalline diamond mass surrounded by and bonded to a mass of metal bonded carbide, such as cobalt cemented tungsten carbide. It is known to make these dies by high pressure-high temperature processes, typical conditions being 50 kbar and temperatures in excess of 1300.degree. C. The improvement comprises disposing within the reaction sub-assembly (e.g. metal carbide and diamond within a zirconium cup) a set of discs of specific materials in specified arrangements. For example, on one side of the mass of metal carbide and diamond is disposed one disc of a diamond catalyst/solvent and one disc of a refractory metal such as molybdenum, and on the other side are disposed at least two discs of one or more transition metals such as zirconium. These discs are generally placed inside the sub-assembly cup. By means of this process modification, process yields have been significantly improved through decreasing the occurrence of defects in the dies and by decreasing the reaction time.
Abstract:
An abrasive body is provided which has high strength and an ability to withstand high temperatures making it suitable as a tool insert for dressing tools and surface set drill bits. The body comprises a mass of diamond particles present in an amount of 80 to 90 percent by volume of the body and a second phase present in an amount of 10 to 20 percent by volume of the body, the mass of diamond particles containing substantial diamond-to-diamond bonding to form a coherent skeletal mass and the second phase containing nickel and silicon, the nickel being in the form of nickel and/or nickel silicide and the silicon being in the form of silicon, silicon carbide and/or nickel silicide. The abrasive bodies are made under conditions of elevated temperature and pressure suitable for diamond compact manufacture.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a diamond sintered compact wherein diamond crystal particles are uniformly oriented in a particular direction and the method for producing the same, and has for an object to provide a diamond sintered compact having a high thermal conductivity particularly suitable for heat sink for use in the field of electronics.According to the invention, graphite is used as carbonaceous raw material, diamond crystal particles having such elongated shape that the ratio of the length of the long axis to that of the short axis is more than 2 being synthesized in such state that the greater part of the crystal particles have their long axes uniformly oriented in a particular direction, the crystal particles being sintered in the direction of the long axes thereof so that transformation of the graphite into diamond and sintering thereof may be accomplished synchronously. The invention has for an object to obtain a diamond sintered compact suitable for the aforesaid use by degassing reaction system raw material plugged into an air permeable container by heating it in vacuum in order to intercept gaseous components causing a decrease of thermal conductivity at the time of synthesizing diamond from carbonaceous material and a catalytic metal and sintering thereof, subsequently the air permeable part of the said container being sealed by means of soldering material preliminarily placed in contact with the said container.
Abstract:
A polycrystalline diamond body infiltrated by a silicon atom-containing metal (e.g., silicon alloy) is bonded to a substrate comprising cemented carbide with a barrier of refractory material extending between the diamonds cemented together with silicon atom-containing binder and the substrate substantially precluding migration of the cementing medium (e.g., cobalt) from the carbide substrate into contact with the silicon atom-containing bonding medium in the diamond body. The process comprises subjecting a mass of diamond powder, a quantity of silicon atom-containing metal binder material, a cemented carbide body and a barrier made of material selected from the group consisting of tantalum, vanadium, molybdenum, zirconium, tungsten and alloys thereof to the simultaneous application of elevated temperature and pressure.
Abstract:
Means are described for suppressing spontaneous diamond nucleation in the vicinity of diamond seed material located in reaction vessel construction used in the growth of diamond by the process disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,297,407--Wentorf, Jr.In assembly of the reaction vessel a portion of the lower surface of the plug of catalyst-solvent metal is disposed in contact with the diamond seed material. Preferably all of the balance of the lower surface area of the catalyst-solvent plug adjacent the seed material is covered with a disc or layer of a material different from the catalyst-solvent metal employed and selected from a list of specific materials that suppress diamond nucleation.