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http://dx.doi.org/10.3740/MRSK.2018.28.7.423

Chromium Carbide Coating on Diamond Particle Using Molten Salts  

Jeong, Young-Woo (Department of LED Convergence Engineering, Specialized Graduate School Science & Technology Convergence, Pukyong National University)
Kim, Hwa-Jung (Interdisciplinary program of LED and Solid State Lighting Engineering, Pukyoung National University)
Ahn, Yong-Sik (Department. of Materials Science and Engineering, Pukyong National University)
Choi, Hee-Lack (Department. of Materials Science and Engineering, Pukyong National University)
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Korean Journal of Materials Research / v.28, no.7, 2018 , pp. 423-427 More about this Journal
Abstract
For diamond/metal composites it is better to use diamond particles coated with metal carbide because of improved wettability between the diamond particles and the matrix. In this study, the coating of diamond particles with a chromium carbide layer is investigated. On heating diamond and chromium powders at $800{\sim}900^{\circ}C$ in molten salts of LiCl, KCl, $CaCl_2$, the diamond particles are coated with $Cr_7C_3$. The surfaces of the diamond powders are analyzed using X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. The average thickness of the $Cr_7C_3$ coating layers is calculated from the result of the particle size analysis. By using the molten salt method, the $Cr_7C_3$ coating layer is uniformly formed on the diamond particles at a relatively low temperature at which the graphitization of the diamond particles is avoided. Treatment temperatures are lower than those in the previously proposed methods. The coated layer is thickened with an increase in heating temperature up to $900^{\circ}C$. The coating reaction of the diamond particles with chromium carbide is much more rapid in $LiCl-KCl-CaCl_2$ molten salts than with the molten salts of $KCl-CaCl_2$.
Keywords
diamond; coating; molten salts method; chromium carbide;
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