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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
May. 04, 2011
Paul Douglas Jones, Elk Ridge, UT (US);
Kenneth E. Bertagnolli, Riverton, UT (US);
Debkumar Mukhopadhyay, Sandy, UT (US);
David P. Miess, Highland, UT (US);
Paul Douglas Jones, Elk Ridge, UT (US);
Kenneth E. Bertagnolli, Riverton, UT (US);
Debkumar Mukhopadhyay, Sandy, UT (US);
David P. Miess, Highland, 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 at least a portion having aluminum carbide disposed interstitially between bonded-together 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 bonded-together diamond grains defining a plurality of interstitial regions. The PCD table further includes aluminum carbide disposed in at least a portion of the plurality of interstitial regions.