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Granted Patent B2
US 10,640,868 · App. 15/569,443 · Granted May 5, 2020

Coated member

Inventors: Masahiro Waki (Satsumasendai, JP); Tan Ka (Satsumasendai, JP)
Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
C23C16/271B23P15/28C23C16/02C23C16/279C23C16/45523B23B27/148B23B27/20B23B51/00B23B2226/31B23B2228/04
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Patent No.
US 10,640,868
App. No.
15/569,443
Granted
May 5, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to the present disclosure, a coated member is provided with a base material and a diamond layer located on the base material. When a ratio (SP3/SP2) obtainable from an SP3 peak derived from diamond crystals measurable by Raman spectroscopy and an SP2 peak derived from a graphite phase is referred to as an SP3 ratio, an SP3 ratio at a first measuring point with a thickness up to 1 μm extending from an interface of the base material and the diamond layer toward the diamond layer is higher than an SP3 ratio at a second measuring point that is intermediate in a thickness direction of the diamond layer.

Claims (20)

1. A coated member comprising:

a base material; and

a diamond layer located over the base material,

wherein, when a ratio (SP3/SP2) obtainable from an SP3 peak derived from diamond crystals measurable by Raman spectroscopy and an SP2 peak derived from a graphite phase is referred to as an SP3 ratio, an SP3 ratio at a first measuring point with a thickness up to 1 μm extending from an interface of the base material and the diamond layer toward the diamond layer is higher than an SP3 ratio at a second measuring point that is intermediate in a thickness direction of the diamond layer.

2. The coated member according to claim 1 , wherein the SP3 ratio at the first measuring point of the diamond layer is 1.1-1.8, and the SP3 ratio at the second measuring point of the diamond layer is 1.0-1.5.

3. The coated member according to claim 1 , wherein a residual stress at the first measuring point is a compressive stress, and a residual stress at the second measuring point is a tensile stress.

4. The coated member according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an interface region located between the base material and the main layer, the interface region including the first measuring point,

wherein the interface region comprises a maximum diamond crystal having a largest particle diameter when, in a fracture surface including the base material and the diamond layer, a comparison is made in terms of particle diameter of diamond crystals in a thickness direction of the diamond layer.

5. The coated member according to claim 4 , wherein the interface region exists in a thickness of 0.3-2 μm.

6. The coated member according to claim 4 , wherein the maximum diamond crystal in a fracture surface of the diamond layer has a longer diameter in the thickness direction of the diamond layer, and the maximum diamond crystal has an aspect ratio of 1.8 or more.

7. The coated member according to claim 4 , wherein a particle diameter of the maximum diamond crystal in a fracture surface of the diamond layer is 0.15-0.5 μm.

8. The coated member according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the diamond layer is 3-20 μm.

9. The coated member according to claim 4 , wherein, when, in a polished surface including the base material and the diamond layer, a comparison is made in terms of particle diameter of diamond crystals in a thickness direction of the diamond layer, a ratio (d2/d1) of a first mean particle diameter d1 of diamond crystals in the interface region and a second mean particle diameter d2 of diamond crystals in an intermediate region over the interface region and including the second measuring point is 1.0-1.2.

10. The coated member according to claim 1 , wherein in a polished surface including the base material and the diamond layer, a main crystal phase constituting the base material located in the interface comprises a recess on a surface opposed to the diamond layer.

11. The coated member according to claim 1 , wherein the base material contains cobalt, a base material-side interface region extending 0.5-5 μm from the interface has a lower content of the cobalt than at a position 500 μm away from the interface, and the cobalt exists in a granular shape in the base material-side interface region.

12. The coated member according to claim 1 , wherein an interface roughness in the interface is 0.12-0.8 μm.

13. The coated member according to claim 1 , wherein an SP3 ratio at a third measuring point with a thickness up to 1 μm extending from a surface of the diamond layer is lower than the SP3 ratio at the second measuring point in the diamond layer.

14. The coated member according to claim 13 , wherein, when a comparison is made in terms of particle diameter of diamond crystals in a thickness direction of the diamond layer in a polished cross-section including the base material and the diamond layer, a surface region including the third measuring point exists, the surface region comprises smaller diamond crystals than at the second measuring point, and a thickness of the surface region is 0.1-2 μm.

15. The coated member according to claim 1 , wherein the diamond layer has a thickness of 2 μm or more.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2017
From: WAKI, MASAHIRO; KA, TAN
To: KYOCERA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043966/0004 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2015-090527 · Apr 27, 2015 · national
JP 2016-064012 · Mar 28, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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