Boron nitride complex and process for its preparation, and process for preparing a light-transmitting dense body of cubic system boron nitride
US4562163A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 14, 1983 |
| Grant date | Dec 31, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 14, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01J2203/0685
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A boron nitride complex comprising hBN in which lithium or an alkaline earth metal is diffused and supported in the form of its boron nitride. The boron nitride complex is prepared by heating hBN powder or a sintered product thereof and lithium, an alkaline earth metal, a lithium nitride or boride, or an alkaline earth metal nitride or boride in a non-oxidizing atmosphere to diffuse in and deposit on hBN powder or sintered product thereof, the lithium or alkaline earth metal in the form of its boron nitride. Also disclosed is a process for preparing a light-transmitting dense body of cubic system boron nitride, which comprises diffusing in and depositing on a sintered product of hexagonal system boron nitride, from 0.15 to 3.0 molar % of Me.sub.3 B.sub.2 N.sub.4 where Me is an alkaline earth metal, and sintering the Me.sub.3 B.sub.2 N.sub.4 -containing product thereby obtained, at a temperature of at least 1350.degree. C. under a thermodynamically stable pressure for cubic system boron nitride.
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