Abstract:
Diamond-nondiamond carbon polycrystalline composites particularly useful as abrasives are made by sintering diamond particles at temperatures above about 1440*K but at pressures below which diamond is stable or metastable with respect to its conversion to graphite.
Abstract:
A method of making unitary polycrystalline diamond composite by sintering a body of diamond particles at a temperature between about 1100*-3900*K and at a pressure ranging up to about 170 kilobars depending on the temperature.