A method comprising: selecting a diamond material; irradiating the diamond material with neutrons to increase toughness and/or wear resistance of the diamond material; and processing the diamond material into one or more diamond tool pieces, wherein the irradiating comprises irradiating the diamond material with neutrons having an energy in the range 1.0 keV to 12 MeV, wherein the irradiating comprises controlling energy and dosage of irradiation to provide the diamond material with a plurality of isolated vacancy point defects, the isolated vacancy point defects having a concentration in a range 1 x 1014 to 1 x 1020 vacancies/cm-3.
申请公布号
WO2011151415(A2)
申请公布日期
2011.12.08
申请号
WO2011EP59142
申请日期
2011.06.01
申请人
ELEMENT SIX LIMITED;TWITCHEN, DANIEL, JAMES;GEOGHEGAN, SARAH, LOUISE;PERKINS, NEIL;SCARSBROOK, GEOFFREY, ALAN
发明人
TWITCHEN, DANIEL, JAMES;GEOGHEGAN, SARAH, LOUISE;PERKINS, NEIL;SCARSBROOK, GEOFFREY, ALAN