Abstract:
The apparatus includes an exponential horn tapering from a large end down to a small end. A copper plate is mounted against the large end of the horn and a magnetic hammer abuts the copper plate. The magnetic hammer and copper plate function to create a shock wave in the exponential horn. An anvil having a small pocket formed therein is mounted adjacent to the small end of the exponential horn so that the small end rests in the pocket. The anvil, horn and hammer are all secured together by bolts or other suitable means and, in operation, graphite is placed in the anvil pocket. The magnetic hammer generates a shock wave in the exponential horn and because of the horn shape, which is critical, the velocity of the shock wave is amplified and the shock wave energy concentrated so that all of the energy in the shock wave arrives simultaneously at the small end of the horn. This energy is transferred to the graphite in the anvil pocket and results in pressure and temperature levels that causes the graphite to be transformed, in part at least, to diamonds.
Abstract:
A METHOD AND APPARATUS ARE PROVIDED FOR FORMING MATERIAL SUCH AS SHEETS AND PLATES BY MEANS OF INTENSE PRESSURE DEVELOPED IN A WORKING FLUID. A DIE AND PRESSURE CHAMBER ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER WITH THE WORK DISPOSED BETWEEN THE TWO AND RESTRAINED FROM MOVEMENT BY CLAMPING ENGAGEMENT DURING THE MOVEMENT OF THE DIE AND CHAMBER. THEREAFTER, ONE OR MORE INTENSE PRESSURE WAVES SUCH AS SHOCK WAVES ARE GENERATED IN THE WORKING FLUID IN THE CHAMBER AND ARE OPERATIVE TO CAUSE THE WORK MAY BE PREDETERMINATELY DEFORM AGAINST THE DIE. THE WORK MAY BE DEFORMED AS THE RESULT OF A SINGLE PULSE OF INTENSE PRESSURE WITHIN THE WORKING FLUID OR BY GENERATING A PLURALITY OF PULSES, ONE AFTER THE OTHER, SUCH THAT EACH PULSE CAUSES AN INCREMENTAL DEFORMATION IN THE WORK THE SUM OF WHICH DEFORMATIONS INVOLVES PREDETERMINATELY SHAPING THE WORK TO CONFORM TO THE SURFACE OF THE DIE IN A PROGRESSIVE MANNER.
Abstract:
Provided is polycrystalline diamond having a diamond single phase as basic composition, in which the polycrystalline diamond includes a plurality of crystal grains and contains boron, hydrogen, oxygen, and the remainder including carbon and trace impurities; the boron is dispersed in the crystal grains at an atomic level, and greater than or equal to 90 atomic % of the boron is present in an isolated substitutional type; hydrogen and oxygen are present in an isolated substitutional type or an interstitial type in the crystal grains; each of the crystal grains has a grain size of less than or equal to 500 nm; and the polycrystalline diamond has a surface covered with a protective film.
Abstract:
Nano polycrystalline diamond is composed of carbon and a plurality of impurities other than carbon. A concentration of each of the plurality of impurities is not higher than 0.01 mass %, and the nano polycrystalline diamond has a crystal grain size (a maximum length) not greater than 500 nm. The nano polycrystalline diamond can be fabricated by preparing graphite in which a concentration of an impurity is not higher than 0.01 mass % and converting graphite to diamond by applying an ultra-high pressure and a high temperature to graphite.