Cubic boron nitride composite material, method of using it, method of making it and tool comprising it

• Main Authors: Ozbayraktar, Mehmet Serdar, Can, Antionette, Motchelaho, Anne Myriam Megne
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 11.01.2022
• Subjects: ALLOYS; ARTIFICIAL STONE; CASTING; CEMENTS; CERAMICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, e.g. MORTARS, CONCRETE OR LIKE BUILDINGMATERIALS; CONCRETE; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; LIME, MAGNESIA; MAKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; METALLURGY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; POWDER METALLURGY; REFRACTORIES; SLAG; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS; TREATMENT OF NATURAL STONE; WORKING METALLIC POWDER

A composite material and a method of using the composite material. The composite material consists of at least 65 volume percent cubic boron nitride (cBN) grains dispersed in a binder matrix, the binder matrix comprising a plurality of microstructures bonded to the cBN grains and a plurality of intermediate regions between the cBN grains; the microstructures comprising nitride or boron compound of a metal; and the intermediate regions including a silicide phase containing the metal chemically bonded with silicon; in which the content of the silicide phase is 2 to 6 weight percent of the composite material, and in which the cBN grains have a mean size of 0.2 to 20 μm.