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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
May. 15, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nishit Dey, Cedar Falls, IA (US);
Yue Meng, Columbus, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Pittsfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 5/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 5/16 ;
Abstract
Diamond particles are coated with a Ti metal to form Ti metal coated diamond particles product by contacting the diamond particles with an alloy of the following composition, Ti,Cr,, where 0.05<x<0.5, at a temperature of less than about 850° C. and for a time sufficient for the alloy to coat the diamond particles. The resulting coated diamond particles have an average particle size ranging from about 5 to 800 &mgr;m and are coated with metal coating composed of an inner carbide layer enriched in Cr content and an outer layer depleted in Cr content.