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Hardness and deformation microstructures of nano-polycrystalline diamonds synthesized from various carbons under high pressure and high temperature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

H. Sumiya  and
T. Irifune
H. Sumiya*
Affiliation:
Electronics & Materials R&D Laboratories, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Itami 664-0016, Japan
T. Irifune
Affiliation:
Geodynamics Research Center, Ehime University, Matsuyama 790-8577, Japan
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Mechanical properties of high-purity nano-polycrystalline diamonds synthesized by direct conversion from graphite and various non-graphitic carbons under static high pressures and high temperatures were investigated by microindentation testing with a Knoop indenter and observation of microstructures around the indentations. Results of indentation hardness tests using a superhard synthetic diamond Knoop indenter showed that the polycrystalline diamond synthesized from graphite at ⩾15 GPa and 2300–2500 °C (consisting of fine grains 10–30 nm in size and layered crystals) has very high Knoop hardness (Hk ⩾ 110 GPa), whereas the hardness of polycrystalline diamonds synthesized from non-graphitic carbons at ⩾15 GPa and below 2000 °C (consisting only of single-nano grains 5–10 nm in size) are significantly lower (Hk = 70 to 90 GPa). Microstructure observations beneath the indentations of these nano-polycrystalline diamonds suggest that the existence of a lamellar structure and the bonding strength of the grain boundary play important roles in controlling the hardness of the polycrystalline diamond.

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DiamondHardnessNanostructure
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 22 , Issue 8 , August 2007 , pp. 2345 - 2351
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2007

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