This presentation acknowledges that temperature induces damage in the diamond bits due to friction during the drilling process. The temperature of the diamond sample can be raised by laser heating it.
Reference:
Masina, B and Forbes, A. 2010. Optical system to study temperature influenced chemical and mechanical changes to the PCD structure. 55th Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Physics (SAIP), CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, 27 September-1 October 2010, pp 19
Masina, B. N., & Forbes, A. (2010). Optical system to study temperature influenced chemical and mechanical changes to the PCD structure. SAIP 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4603
Masina, Bathusile N, and A Forbes. "Optical system to study temperature influenced chemical and mechanical changes to the PCD structure." (2010): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4603
Masina BN, Forbes A, Optical system to study temperature influenced chemical and mechanical changes to the PCD structure; SAIP 2010; 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4603 .
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