US3334968A - Method for synthetically making diamond - Google Patents

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US3334968A
US3334968A US291464A US29146463A US3334968A US 3334968 A US3334968 A US 3334968A US 291464 A US291464 A US 291464A US 29146463 A US29146463 A US 29146463A US 3334968 A US3334968 A US 3334968A
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  • the present invention relates to improvements in or relating to a method for synthetically making diamond.
  • a metal catalyst selected from the class consisting of iron, cobalt, nickel, rhodium, ruthenium, palladium, osmium, iridium, chromium, tantalum and manganese
  • I provide a method for synthetically making diamond wherein a mixture of particles of graphite and particles of a metal selected from the group consisting of iron, nickel and cobalt together with fine powders of the carbide of a metal selected from the group consisting of titanium, vanadium, molybdenum, tantalum, niobium, tungsten, chromium and manganese is subjected to a pressure of from about 75,500 to about 75,000 atmospheres at a temperature of from about 1,200 to about 1,600 C., the contact of the graphite with the metal particles being inhibited by the presence of the fine powders of the metal carbide.
  • FIG. 1 is a graph showing the relation between the grain size of nickel particles and the pressure required for synthesis of the diamond and also the relation between the grain size of the nickel particles and the pressure powders of carbide are used;
  • FIG. 2 is a graph showing the relation between the temperatures and the pressures which are used in the practice of the method of present invention
  • FIG. 3 is an enlarged, sectional view of the reaction chamber in apparatus which may be used in the practice of the method of present invention.
  • the line A shows the relation between the grain size of nickel particles and the pressure required for the synthesis of the diamond
  • the line B shows the relation when fine powdered chromium carbide is added.
  • the pressure required for the synthesis of diamond becomes low as the grain size of the nickel particles becomes large, and the pressure required is lower when the fine powder of chromium carbide is added.
  • the line AB is the thermodynamic pressure-temperature equilibrium line between diamond and graphite
  • the region between the line AB and the line CD is the diamond and graphite coexisting region
  • the region in the triangle LMN shows the pressure and temperature ranges which can be used in the practice of the method of present invention. It may be observed in FIG. 2 that the diamond can be synthesized under a pressure of less than 75,000 atmosphere in the method of present invention.
  • 1 and 2 are pistons made of tungsten carbide-cobalt alloy containing 5% Co each of which is tapered at an angle of 27 from the vertical and has a face diameter of 15 mm.
  • 3 is a ring made of tungsten carbide-cobalt alloy containing 6% Co which is applied with pressure and which has an inner diameter of 22 mm.
  • 4 is a cylinder which is made of well baked magnesia which has a porosity of about 10% and an inner diameter of 15 mm.
  • 5 and 6 are upper and lower rings made of annealed carbon steel.
  • 7 and 8 are insulating plates made of pyrophyllite.
  • 9 and 10 are conductors made of iron or nickel.
  • 11 is a reaction mixture to be treated.
  • 12 is an insulating cylinder made of pyrophyllite.
  • 13 and 14 are graphite plates each of which covers one end of the insulating cylinder 12.
  • 15 and 16 are insulating gaskets. Pressure is applied to the reaction mixture 11 by the pistons 1 and 2. Heating is effected by passing an electric current through 1, 5, 9, 13, 11, 14, 10, 6 and 2 in the order given.
  • the grain size of the iron, nickel and cobalt particles which may be used in the method of present invention is preferably larger than at least mesh, normally larger than 50 mesh, specially about 20 mesh, but it is suitable to use metal particles having a grain size larger than the above mesh when the size of the reaction chamber becomes large.
  • the grain size of the powders of titanium, vanadium, molybdenum, tantalum, niobium, tungsten, chromium and manganese carbides which may be used in the method of present invention is preferably smaller than at least mesh, normally smaller than 200 mesh, specially about 325 mesh.
  • the particle size of the graphite which is used in the method of present invention is preferably in the range of from the size of the metal particles to that of the carbide powders and is normally from about 40 to about 100 mesh.
  • said metal particles may be first mixed with the fine carbide powders and then mixed with the graphite particles.
  • the fine carbide powders and graphite particles may be mixed together first.
  • the pressure may be maintained at a pressure of from about 57,500 to about 75,000 atmospheres and temperature may be maintained at a temperature of from about 1,200 to about 1,600 C.
  • the theoretical reason for which the conversion into diamond of graphite can be practically effected under the above pressure at the above temperature is unclear, but in fact the diamond can be obtained as shown in the examples hereinafter given.
  • the reasons for which the special metal carbide powders are used is that the absorption of carbon by the metal particles may be limited and the synthesis of the diamond may be accelerated by the presence of the carbide powders.
  • the carbide powders are not decomposed during the formation of the diamond.
  • the rate of conversion of graphite into diamond is fastest when iron particles are used, is medium in the case of nickle particles and is slowest for cobalt particles.
  • nickel or cobalt particles When nickel or cobalt particles are used the crystals of diamond obtained are not so good and they are densely coloured. This type of diamond can be suit-ably employed for resin-bonding.
  • iron particles when iron particles are used, the crystals of diamond obtained are good and are slightly coloured. This type of diamond can be suitably employed for metalbonding.
  • particles of iron, nickel or cobalt instead of particles of iron, nickel or cobalt, particles of iron, nickel or cobalt alloyed with non-metals, for example carbon, silicon or phosphorus may be used.
  • the conversion of graphite into diamond is effected by maintaining the temperature in the central portion of reaction mixture at a temperature which is nearest to the temperature at which the conversion can'be effected and maintaining the operating pressure at a pressure which corresponds to the former temperature in the ranges of temperature and pressure which are used in the present invention, and then by gradually increasing the temperature in the central portion of reaction mixture in the temperature range of from about 300 to 500 C.
  • the conversion is firstly effected in the central portion of reaction mixture to obtain diamonds and is progressively effected towards the outer portions of the reaction mixture to progressively obtain diamond formation without the occurrence of the reverse-conversion of diamond into graphite. Therefore the diamond can be synthesized in. high yield with the employment of lower pressure.
  • Example I 500 mg. of nickel particles of 20-30 mesh, 100 mg. of chromium carbide powders of smaller than 325 mesh and 300 mg. of graphite of 100 mesh were mixed. The mixture was charged into the cylinder 12 and the cylinder 12 was sealed with graphite plates 13 and 14. This cylinder was placed as shown in FIG. 3. When the mixture was heated at the following temperatures under the following pressures, the yields of diamonds were as follows:
  • Example 2 The procedure of Example 1 was repeated with the exception that 500 mg. of iron particles of 20-30 mesh, mg. of manganese carbide powders of smaller than 325 mesh and 300 mg. of graphite of 100 mesh were used. The results obtained were as follows:
  • Example 3 The procedure of Example 1 was repeated with the exception that 500 mg. of cobalt particles of 20-30 mesh, 55 mg. of tungsten carbide powders of smaller than 325 mesh and 300 mg. of graphite of 40-50 mesh were used. The results obtained were as follows:
  • Example 4 The procedure of Example 1 was repeated with the exception that 540 mg. of nickel particles of 2030 mesh, 60 mg. of vanadium carbide powders of smaller than 325 mesh and 300 mg. of graphite of 40-50 mesh were used. The results obtained were as follows:
  • Example 5 The procedure of Example 1 was repeated with the exception that 540 mg. of nickel particles of 20-30 mesh, 60 mg. of titanium carbide powders of smaller than 325 mesh and 300 mg. of graphite of 40-50 mesh were used. The results obtained were as follows:
  • Example 7 The procedure of Example 1 was repeated with the exception that 540 mg. of nickel particles of 20-30 mesh, 60 mg. of molybdenum carbide powders of smaller than 325 mesh 300 mg. of graphite of 40-50 mesh were used. The results obtained were as follows:
  • Example 1 The procedure of Example 1 was repeated with the exception that 100 mg. of nickel particles of 20-30 mesh, 100 mg. of chromium carbide particles of 20-30 mesh and 300 mg. of graphite of 100 mesh were used. The results obtained were as follows:
  • Example 2 The procedure of Example 1 was repeated with the exception that 500 mg. of nickel powders of 325 mesh, 100 mg. of chromium carbide particles of 20-30 mesh and 300 mg. of graphite of 100 mesh were used. The result obtained was as follows:
  • Example 3 The procedure of Example 1 was repeated with the exception that 500 mg. of nickel powders of 200 mesh, 100 mg. of chromium carbide powders of smaller than 325 mesh and 300 mg. of graphite of 100 mesh were used. The result obtained was as follows:
  • the method of forming a synthetic diamond which comprises the steps of a forming a mixture consisting essentially of particles of graphite, particles of a metal selected .from the group consisting of iron, nickel and cobalt and the carbide in powder form of a metal selected from the group consisting of titanium, vanadium, molybdenum, tantalum, niobium, tungsten, chromium and manganese, the quantity of said powder being sufficient to inhibit contact between said particles of graphite and particles of metal; subjecting said mixture to a pressure in the range from about 57,500 to about 75,000 atmospheres; and heating said mixture to a temperature in the range from about 1,200 to about 1,600 C. while maintaining said mixture subjected to said pressure.
  • step of forming said mixture is performed by first mixing said particles of metal and said powder and thereafter adding said particles of graphite.
  • the method of forming a synthetic diamond which comprises the steps of: forming a mixture consisting essentially of particles of graphite having a size in the range from about 40 to about 100 mesh, particles of a metal selected from the group consisting of iron, nickel and cobalt, said particles of metal having a size in the range from about 20 mesh to about 80 mesh, and at least one carbide of a metal selected from the group consisting of titanium, vanadium, molybdenum, tantalum, niobium, tungsten, chromium and manganese, said carbide being in the form of a powder having a particle size in the range from about 7 8 100 mesh to about 325 mesh, said powder being first References Cited mixed separately with one of said types of particles before UNITED STATES PATENTS the other type is introduced into mlxture for inhibiting contact between the particles of the two types; subject- 2,947,609 8/1960 Strong ing said mixture to a pressure in the range from about 5 2,992,900 7/1961 Bovenker

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