Masina, Bathusile NForbes, A2010-12-062010-12-062010-09Masina, 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 19978-0-620-46211-2http://hdl.handle.net/10204/460355th Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Physics (SAIP), CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, 27 September-1 October 2010This 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.enOptical systemsTemperature damageDiamond bitsLaser heatingPhysicsSAIP 2010Conference PresentationMasina, 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/10204/4603Masina, Bathusile N, and A Forbes. "Optical system to study temperature influenced chemical and mechanical changes to the PCD structure." (2010): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4603Masina 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 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Masina, Bathusile N AU - Forbes, A AB - 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. DA - 2010-09 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Optical systems KW - Temperature damage KW - Diamond bits KW - Laser heating KW - Physics KW - SAIP 2010 LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2010 SM - 978-0-620-46211-2 T1 - Optical system to study temperature influenced chemical and mechanical changes to the PCD structure TI - Optical system to study temperature influenced chemical and mechanical changes to the PCD structure UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4603 ER -