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Diamond layer placed on steel lengthens tool life. (Materials Progress: Surface Engineering).
Advanced Materials & Processes, July, 2003
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A diamond layer on a steel substrate that opens up the possibility of wear-resistant tools has reportedly been developed by Dutch chemist Ivan Buijnsters from the University of Nijmegen. The secret to this technique is an adhesive layer between the steel and the diamond layer. The diamond layers were deposited by allowing methane gas diluted in hydrogen to dissociate on a hot wire just above the substrate.
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The carbon atoms in the methane dropped onto the substrate and formed a thin layer of diamond on some substrates, but not steel Instead, graphite formed on steel. The reason ...
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