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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2013
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Valery N. Khabashesku, Houston, TX (US);
Vladimir P. Filonenko, Moscow, RU;
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A polycrystalline compact includes diamond grains, cubic boron nitride grains, and grains of an additional nitride, carbide, or boride. The additional nitride, carbide, or boride may be aluminum nitride, gallium nitride, silicon nitride, titanium nitride, silicon carbide, titanium carbide, titanium boride, titanium diboride, and/or aluminum boride. The diamond grains, the cubic boron nitride grains, and the grains of the additional nitride, carbide, or boride are intermixed and interbonded to form a polycrystalline material. An earth-boring tool includes a bit body and a polycrystalline diamond compact secured to the bit body. Methods of fabricating polycrystalline compacts include forming a mixture comprising diamond grains, non-cubic boron nitride grains, and a metal or semimetal; encapsulating the mixture in a container; and subjecting the encapsulated mixture to high-pressure and high-temperature conditions to form a polycrystalline material.