Abstract:
A composite material comprises a plurality of cores of material selected from the group comprising carbides, nitrides, carbonitrides, cemented carbides, cemented nitrides, cemented carbonitrides and mixtures thereof, dispersed in a matrix. The matrix comprises the components for making an ultra-hard material, such as diamond or cBN abrasive particles, and a suitable binder. The ultra-hard material is polycrystalline in nature and is typically PCD or PcBN. The cores are typically provided as individual particles or in the form of granules. The granules may be further coated with a second coating, which may be a similar material to that of the cores or of an ultra-hard material of a different grade to that of the first coating. The composite material typically takes on a honeycomb structure of a hard material and cores within the pores of the honeycomb structure bonded to the honeycomb structure. The pores of the honeycomb structure may be ordered or random. A method of producing the composite material and a method of producing a tool component incorporating such a material are also provided.
Abstract:
The present invention refers to the provision of a process to manufacture large diamond monocrystals of different colors from carbon obtained from the keratin contained in the ectoderm of many living beings being possible to extract carbon from a human being by cutting a lock of hair and carbonizing it, and then subjecting it to a high pressure high temperature process.
Abstract:
A method for removing defects at high pressure and high temperature (HP/HT) or for relieving strain in a non-diamond crystal commences by providing a crystal, which contains defects, and a pressure medium. The crystal and the pressure medium are disposed in a high pressure cell and placed in a high pressure apparatus, for processing under reaction conditions of sufficiently high pressure and high temperature for a time adequate for one or more of removing defects or relieving strain in the single crystal.
Abstract:
Methods of synthesizing polycrystalline bodies using rhombohedral graphite materials are disclosed and described. One procedure includes providing a particulate graphite source having a majority of carbon atoms oriented in a rhombohedral polytype configuration. The particulate graphite source can be shaped into a desired shape having a porosity from about 0% to about 30%. A sufficient amount of heat and pressure can be applied to the desired shape to form diamond and consolidate the diamond into a polycrystalline body.
Abstract:
An improved high pressure apparatus can include a plurality of complementary die segments. The die segments can have inner surfaces which are shaped to form a die chamber upon assembly of the die segments. A pair of anvils can be oriented such that an anvil is at each end of the die chamber. To prevent the die segments from being forced apart during movement of the anvils, force members can be connected to the die segments. The force members can apply discrete forces to the die segments sufficient to retain the die segments in substantially fixed positions relative to each other during application of force by the pair of anvils. Using such a high pressure apparatus can achieve pressures as high as 10 GPa with improved useful die life and larger reaction volumes.
Abstract:
A method for removing defects at high pressure and high temperature (HP/HT) or for relieving strain in a non-diamond crystal commences by providing a crystal, which contains defects, and a pressure medium. The crystal and the pressure medium are disposed in a high pressure cell and placed in a high pressure apparatus, for processing under reaction conditions of sufficiently high pressure and high temperature for a time adequate for one or more of removing defects or relieving strain in the single crystal.
Abstract:
A method for producing a semiconductor diamond containing boron by the high pressure synthesis method, wherein a graphite material to be converted to the semiconductor diamond is mixed with boron or a boron compound, formed and fired, in such a way that the resultant graphite material contains a boron component uniformly dispersed therein and has an enhanced bulk density, a high purity and a reduced content of hydrogen.
Abstract:
A process for the synthesis of carbon coatings on the surface of metal carbides, preferably SiC, by etching in a halogen-containing gaseous etchant, and optionally hydrogen gas, leading to the formation of a carbon layer on the metal carbide. The reaction is performed in gas mixtures containing 0 to two moles of hydrogen for every two moles of halogen gas, preferably about 0.5 to one mole of hydrogen gas for eery two moles of halogen gas, at temperatures from about 100null C. to about 4,000null C., preferably about 800null C. to about 1,000null C., over any time range, maintaining a pressure of preferably about one atmosphere.
Abstract:
A plural number of types of material powders are accommodated in an accommodation chamber in a mixed state and the material powders are continuously subjected to a self-exothermic reaction inducing chemical reactions between the material powders caused by heat of reaction released when the mixed material powders synthesize. The synthesized material of high temperature due to the self-exothermic reaction is pressed by utilizing an electromagnetic force just after the finish of the self-exothermic reaction. The exothermic reaction is caused by an ignition circuit including an ignition electrode and the electromagnetic force is generated by an electromagnetic force generation circuit including an electric current inducing means. These circuits are connected through and regulated by a relay circuit. Thus the synthetic products of fine structure are obtained.
Abstract:
An ultra-high pressure solid pressing machine of the type having a pair of upper and lower platens mounted in a press frame and movable relatively toward and away from each other, a mold unit interposed between the upper and lower platens and including at least a cylindrical cavity for receiving raw material therein, upper and lower conical surfaces formed around the upper and lower ends of the cylindrical cavity, and upper and lower anvils fitted respectively in the upper and lower conical surfaces through a gasket to compress the raw material in the cylindrical cavity under an ultra-high pressure, characterized in that the pressing machine includes a plurality of mold units stacked one on another between the upper and lower platens through insulators with axes of cylindrical cavities of the respective mold units being in vertical alignment with each other and a current supply control separately connected to the mold units.