IP Library Granted Patent US 11,319,255
Granted Patent B2
US 11,319,255 · App. 17/280,939 · Granted May 3, 2022

Composite sintered material and tool using same

Inventors: Yuh Ishida (Hyogo, JP); Satoru Kukino (Hyogo, JP); Michiko Matsukawa (Hyogo, JP)
Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
C04B35/5831B23B27/14C04B2235/386C04B2235/762C04B2235/767C04B2235/781C04B2235/785
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Patent No.
US 11,319,255
App. No.
17/280,939
Granted
May 3, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A composite sintered material includes: cubic boron nitride grains; and hexagonal boron nitride grains or the hexagonal boron nitride grains and wurtzite type boron nitride grains, wherein a dislocation density of the cubic boron nitride grains is more than or equal to 1×10 15 /m 2 and less than or equal to 1×10 17 /m 2 , a median diameter d50 of equivalent circle diameters of the cubic boron nitride grains is more than or equal to 10 nm and less than or equal to 500 nm, and a relationship of the following expression 1 is satisfied: 0.015≤( Vh+Vw )/( Vc+Vh+Vw )≤0.5,  Expression 1: where Vc represents a volume-based content ratio of the cubic boron nitride grains, Vh represents a volume-based content ratio of the hexagonal boron nitride grains, and Vw represents a volume-based content ratio of the wurtzite type boron nitride grains.

Claims (17)

1. A composite sintered material comprising:

cubic boron nitride grains; and

hexagonal boron nitride grains or the hexagonal boron nitride grains and wurtzite type boron nitride grains, wherein

a dislocation density of the cubic boron nitride grains is more than or equal to 1×10 15 /m 2 and less than or equal to 1×10 17 /m 2 ,

a median diameter d50 of equivalent circle diameters of the cubic boron nitride grains is more than or equal to 10 nm and less than or equal to 500 nm, and

a relationship of the following expression 2 is satisfied:

0.03≤( Vh+Vw )/( Vc+Vh+Vw )≤0.4,  Expression 2:

where Vc represents a volume-based content ratio of the cubic boron nitride grains, Vh represents a volume-based content ratio of the hexagonal boron nitride grains, and Vw represents a volume-based content ratio of the wurtzite type boron nitride grains.

2. The composite sintered material according to claim 1 , wherein the dislocation density of the cubic boron nitride grains is more than or equal to 1×10 15 /m 2 and less than or equal to 3×10 16 /m 2 .

3. The composite sintered material according to claim 1 , wherein the dislocation density of the cubic boron nitride grains is more than or equal to 1×10 15 /m 2 and less than or equal to 5×10 15 /m 2 .

4. The composite sintered material according claim 1 , wherein the median diameter d50 of the equivalent circle diameters of the cubic boron nitride grains is more than or equal to 10 nm and less than or equal to 300 nm.

5. The composite sintered material according to claim 1 , wherein the median diameter d50 of the equivalent circle diameters of the cubic boron nitride grains is more than or equal to 10 nm and less than or equal to 100 nm.

6. The composite sintered material according to claim 1 , wherein a total content of an alkali metal element and an alkaline earth metal element in the composite sintered material is less than or equal to 10 ppm on a mass basis.

7. The composite sintered material according to claim 1 , wherein the dislocation density is calculated using a modified Williamson-Hall method and a modified Warren-Averbach method.

8. The composite sintered material according to claim 1 , wherein the dislocation density is measured using synchrotron radiation as an X-ray source.

9. A tool comprising the composite sintered material recited in claim 1 .

10. The composite sintered material according to claim 1 , wherein the composite sintered material contains the hexagonal boron nitride grains and the wurtzite type boron nitride grains.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2021
From: ISHIDA, YUH; KUKINO, SATORU; MATSUKAWA, MICHIKO
To: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
Reel/Frame 055800/0830 →
Continuity (1)
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