Synthesis and Characterization of Diamond-vitrified Bond Sintered Composite By Spray-drying Method

Abstract

Based on the diamond and inorganic sol, spray-drying method was used to prepare diamond-vitrified bond composite powders and then the bulk samples were obtained after pressing and sintering the powders. The surface morphology and particle size distribution of the composite powders were examined by scanning electron microscope and laser particle size analyzer,the sintering temperature of the composites was selected with the aid of the comprehensive thermal analysis instrument,the bending strength, fracture morphology and crystal phases of sintered samples prepared by spray-drying method and melting method were characterized by motorized bending tester, scanning electron microscope and X-ray diffraction, respectively. The results show that the composite powders prepared by spray-drying are spherical,which is beneficial to mould forming. Their wide size distribution helps to improve the density of diamond-vitrified bond green body. The sintering temperature of the composites is 820℃.The bonding and wrapping of diamond can be realized at this temperature. With the increase of bond content, the bending strength of sintered samples prepared by two methods increases and porosity decreases. When the vitrified bond content is 32%(mass fraction), the microstructure of samples prepared by spray-drying is uniform and is easy to be crystallized, and the bending strength and porosity are 99.46MPa and 38.55%;while for samples obtained from melting method, the corresponding figures are 72.42MPa and 39.89%.

Keywords

• sol
• spray-drying
• vitrified bond
• diamond