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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2011
David P. Miess, Highland, UT (US);
Michael A. Vail, Genola, UT (US);
Kenneth E. Bertagnolli, Riverton, UT (US);
C. Eugene Mcmurray, Payson, UT (US);
Paul Douglas Jones, Elk Ridge, UT (US);
David P. Miess, Highland, UT (US);
Michael A. Vail, Genola, UT (US);
Kenneth E. Bertagnolli, Riverton, UT (US);
C. Eugene McMurray, Payson, UT (US);
Paul Douglas Jones, Elk Ridge, UT (US);
US Synthetic Corporation, Orem, UT (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention relate to polycrystalline diamond compacts ('PDCs') comprising a polycrystalline diamond ('PCD') table including a thermally-stable region having at least one low-carbon-solubility material disposed interstitially between bonded diamond grains thereof, and methods of fabricating such PDCs. In an embodiment, a PDC includes a substrate, and a PCD table bonded to the substrate. The PCD table includes a plurality of diamond grains exhibiting diamond-to-diamond bonding therebetween and defining a plurality of interstitial regions. The PCD table further includes at least one low-carbon-solubility material disposed in at least a portion of the plurality of interstitial regions. The at least one low-carbon-solubility material exhibits a melting temperature of about 1300° C. or less and a bulk modulus at 20° C. of less than about 150 GPa.