Abstract
The microstructures and properties of vitrified diamond composites, which are composed of diamond grains and vitrified bonds with varying Cu and Zn doping amounts, were comprehensively investigated in this work. The results including TG curves indicated that compared with Zn, Cu powders were more beneficial to prevent the oxidation of diamond. Both of them could consume oxygen and be oxidized to CuO or ZnO, which would enter into the glass network but not damage the structure. Hence, the vaporization of metals, especially Zn, would remain tiny voids and the lower refractoriness could easily lead the glass to foam. The incorporation of Cu or Zn in appropriate amounts (4wt.%) not only decreased the refractoriness of vitrified bonds but also increased the wettability between diamond grains and vitrified bonds. The flexural strength of the diamond composites incorporating 4wt.% Cu could reach 60.35MPa, which increased by about 19.6% than the basic diamond composite and its growth rate was also higher than the value of composites containing 4wt.% Zn (7.8%). In general, the addition of Cu played greater role than Zn on the protection of diamond grains and properties of vitrified diamond composites.
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