Dependence of Synthetic Diamond Wear Rate on Lattice Orientation at Traditional Mechanical Treatment

Abstract

The results of comparative studies of the rate of mechanical polishing of the surface of synthetic diamond in various directions and different crystallographic surface orientations are presented. A free abrasive on a cast-iron disk is used for polishing. A method is proposed for numerical simulation of the polishing of an arbitrarily oriented diamond surface, based on an estimation of changes in the internal energy of the diamond crystal lattice under the action of the abrasive. The method enables determination of the direction of polishing, which ensures the maximum processing rate of a diamond surface of any crystallographic orientation. The validity of the proposed method is confirmed experimentally.