Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REFRACTORY METALS & HARD MATERIALS
Volume 41, Issue -, Pages 66-72Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2013.02.004
Keywords
Polycrystalline diamond; PCD; Abnormal grain growth; Diamond enhanced carbide
Funding
- University of the Witwatersrand
- Element Six (Pty) Ltd
- Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation Centre of Excellence in Strong Materials (CoE-SM)
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During the sintering of fine grained (0.5 mu m) polycrystalline diamond (PCD) composite materials under high pressure-high temperature (HPHT) conditions, abnormal grain growth (AGG) of the diamond was observed. These abnormally grown diamond grains were up to several hundreds of microns in diameter. Diamond enhanced carbide substrates were used to suppress the abnormal grain growth. Electron backscattered diffraction was used to obtain grain orientation of the single crystals. The AGG was explained in a framework of the changed driving forces of the grain growth due to different initial carbon concentrations in the melt, particle size distribution and growth mechanisms. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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