Crystallization of diamond on the surface of cBN ceramics at high pressures and temperatures

Autor: I. A. Petrusha, V. F. Britun, T. I. Smirnova, A. S. Osipov
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: Diamond and Related Materials. 13:666-670
ISSN: 0925-9635
DOI: 10.1016/j.diamond.2004.01.007
Popis: Diamond crystallization in the Al–C system under high static pressures and temperatures has been investigated on the surface of cBN ceramics. High-temperature experiments have been carried out using a toroid-type high-pressure apparatus. A thin layer of the aluminum melt has been produced between graphite and a cubic boron nitride substrate to facilitate the nucleation process. At a pressure of 8 GPa and a temperature of 2270–2470 K range during 60 s a continuous diamond layer 50–200 μm in thickness forms on the ceramic substrate. It is assumed, that in the above temperature range diamond nucleation and growth on a substrate occurs as a result of the incongruent melting of aluminum carbide by the Al4C3→L(Al,C)+C(diamond) reaction followed by the graphite-into-diamond recrystallization via an aluminum-carbon melt.
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