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Bulk superhard B-C-N nanocomposite compact and method for preparing thereof

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OSTI ID:1174931

Bulk, superhard, B-C-N nanocomposite compact and method for preparing thereof. The bulk, superhard, nanocomposite compact is a well-sintered compact and includes nanocrystalline grains of at least one high-pressure phase of B-C-N surrounded by amorphous diamond-like carbon grain boundaries. The bulk compact has a Vicker's hardness of about 41-68 GPa. It is prepared by ball milling a mixture of graphite and hexagonal boron nitride, encapsulating the ball-milled mixture, and sintering the encapsulated ball-milled mixture at a pressure of about 5-25 GPa and at a temperature of about 1000-2500 K.

Research Organization:
The Regents of the University of California, Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
Assignee:
University Of California, The Regents Of
Patent Number(s):
6,759,128
Application Number:
10/190,156
OSTI ID:
1174931
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English