Diamond- or Diamond-like carbon-coated hard materials

U.S. Patent Number: 5391422

Abstract: A diamond-coated hard material having a diamond- or diamond-like carbon coated layer with a high bonding strength to a substrate is provided. The coated hard material comprising a diamond- and/or diamond-like carbon-coating layer formed on the surface of a hard material, i.e. substrate is characterized in that (I) (1) microscopic roughness is present on the surface of the substrate and (2) protrusive parts thereof are defined by the surface roughness Rmax within a range of 1.0 to 30 .mu.m in a standard length when the standard length is 50 .mu.m in the interface of the diamond- and/or diamond-like carbon coated layer and the substrate, and (II) (1) microscopic roughness is present on the surface of the substrate, (2) at least one protrusive part is present in a standard length when the standard length is 10 .mu.m in the interface of the diamond- and/or diamond-like carbon coated layer and the substrate, (3) the ratio of sum A of the lengths of dent parts to sum B of the lengths of the protrusions is in the range of 0.05.ltoreq.A/B.ltoreq.20 in the standard length in the interface and (4) the protrusive parts are intruded into the diamond-coated layer.

Inventors: Omori; Naoya (Itami, JP), Nomura; Toshio (Itami, JP)

Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (Osaka, JP)

Application Number: 08/178,622

Issued: 1995-02-21

Expired: 2007-02-21

Classes: 428/212 ; 428/156; 428/172; 428/336; 428/408; 428/446; 428/697

Field of search: 428/408,697,446,701,212,156,172,336

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