Method of production of cubic boron nitride-containing high-density inorganic composite sintered article
US5043304A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 15, 1989 |
| Grant date | Aug 27, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 15, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC04B35/5831
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A cubic boron nitride-containing high-density inorganic composite sintered article is produced by a method which essentially consists of preparing a mixture of a cubic boron nitride powder with an inorganic compound powder capable of forming a high-rigidity sintered article under the conditions permitting the cubic boron nitride to remain in a substantially metastable, though not thermodynamically stable, state, a mixture of an inorganic compound-coated cubic boron nitride powder with an inorganic compound powder, or an inorganic compound-coated cubic boron nitride powder, and sintering the mixture of the cubic boron nitride powder with an inorganic compound powder, the mixture of the inorganic compound-coated cubic boron nitride powder with an inorganic compound powder or an inorganic compound-coated cubic boron nitrides powder, under the conditions of not more than 2,000 MPa of pressure and not more than 1,500.degree. C. of temperature for permitting the cubic boron nitride to remain in a substantially metastable, though not thermodynamically stable, state for a period incapable of causing conversion of the cBN into a graphite-type phase.
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