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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2010
Yahua Bao, Orem, UT (US);
Qingyuan Liu, Provo, UT (US);
Feng Yu, Lindon, UT (US);
Charles J Claunch, Payson, UT (US);
Yahua Bao, Orem, UT (US);
Qingyuan Liu, Provo, UT (US);
Feng Yu, Lindon, UT (US);
Charles J Claunch, Payson, UT (US);
SMITH INTERNATIONAL, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of forming a metal deposit on an ultra-hard material. In an embodiment, the method includes providing a plurality of ultra-hard particles, mixing the ultra-hard particles in a solution with a metal salt, drying the solution to create a mixture of metal salt particles adhered to surfaces of the ultra-hard particles, heating the mixture to convert the metal salt particles into metal deposits on the surfaces of the ultra-hard particles, and HTHP sintering the mixture of ultra-hard particles with the metal deposits to form a polycrystalline ultra-hard material.