Alloys or metallic compositions – Processes
Patent
1995-02-09
1995-09-12
Yee, Deborah
Alloys or metallic compositions
Processes
148540, 148579, 423446, C22C 3800, C22C 2600, C21D 118
Patent
active
054494915
ABSTRACT:
A method of producing diamond crystals from a metallofullerite matrix independent of external application of pressure is disclosed. The method comprises hyperquenching a portion of a metallic sold comprising a metal carbon matrix of an allotropic metal and metallofullerites of that allotropic metal after the portion has been heated to or near the critical temperature for its percentage composition of the allotropic metal, carbon, and other effective ingredients. The quenching is conducted rapidly enough to collapse fullerene structures present in the matrix into diamond crystals. The resulting metal-carbon matrix of an allotropic metal, metallofullerites of the allotropic metal, and diamond crystals are also disclosed.
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