Embodiments disclosed herein relate to superabrasive compacts, methods of making the same, and drill bits incorporating the same. For example, embodiments of a superabrasive compact disclosed herein (e.g., a PDC) may be formed by providing a superabrasive compact. The superabrasive compact includes a superabrasive body and a cemented carbide substrate bonded to the superabrasive body. The cemented carbide substrate includes a base surface, an interfacial surface bonded to the superabrasive body, and at least one peripheral surface extending between the base surface and the interfacial surface. After providing the superabrasive compact, the method includes lasing at least a portion of the peripheral surface of the cemented carbide substrate to form a corrosion-resistant layer

Embodiments disclosed herein relate to superabrasive compacts, methods of making the same, and drill bits incorporating the same. For example, embodiments of a superabrasive compact disclosed herein (e.g., a PDC) may be formed by providing a superabrasive compact. The superabrasive compact includes a superabrasive body and a cemented carbide substrate bonded to the superabrasive body. The cemented carbide substrate includes a base surface, an interfacial surface bonded to the superabrasive body, and at least one peripheral surface extending between the base surface and the interfacial surface. After providing the superabrasive compact, the method includes lasing at least a portion of the peripheral surface of the cemented carbide substrate to form a corrosion-resistant layer

Advanced ultra high temperature ceramic (UHTC) systems with higher temperature capabilities, particularly an integrated ceramic coating and ceramic matrix composite (ICC-CMC). Also disclosed are coating and/or ceramic matrix composites and architecture arrangements to achieve ultra-high temperature and heat flux capability, resistance to oxidation, combustion, and a wide range of spectrum wavelength and charged particle radiation environments.

Advanced ultra high temperature ceramic (UHTC) systems with higher temperature capabilities, particularly an integrated ceramic coating and ceramic matrix composite (ICC-CMC). Also disclosed are coating and/or ceramic matrix composites and architecture arrangements to achieve ultra-high temperature and heat flux capability, resistance to oxidation, combustion, and a wide range of spectrum wavelength and charged particle radiation environments.

A surface-coated cutting tool has a rake face and a flank face, and includes a base material and a coating formed on the base material. The base material has a cutting edge face connecting the rake face to the flank face. The coating includes an aluminum oxide layer containing a plurality of aluminum oxide crystal grains. The aluminum oxide layer includes: a first region made up of a region A on the rake face and a region B on the flank face; a second region on the rake face except for the region A; and a third region on the flank face except for the region B. The aluminum oxide layer satisfies a relation: ba>0.5, where a is an average value of TC(006) in the first region in texture coefficient TC(hkl), and b is an average value of TC(006) in the second or third region in texture coefficient TC(hkl).

A hard alloy includes complex carbonitride hard phases that contain Ti and at least one additional element, and a metal binder phase containing an iron group element as a main component element. The complex carbonitride hard phases include homogeneous composition hard phases where in-complex carbonitride hard phase average concentrations of Ti and the additional element have a difference of greater than or equal to 5 atom % and less than or equal to 5 atom % from average concentrations of Ti and the additional element in all the complex carbonitride hard phases. On any cross section specified in the hard alloy, a cross-sectional area of the homogeneous composition hard phases accounts for greater than or equal to 80% of a cross-sectional area of the complex carbonitride hard phases, and the homogeneous composition hard phases account for greater than or equal to 80% of the complex carbonitride hard phases in number.

A hard alloy includes complex carbonitride hard phases that contain Ti and at least one additional element, and a metal binder phase containing an iron group element as a main component element. The complex carbonitride hard phases include homogeneous composition hard phases where in-complex carbonitride hard phase average concentrations of Ti and the additional element have a difference of greater than or equal to 5 atom % and less than or equal to 5 atom % from average concentrations of Ti and the additional element in all the complex carbonitride hard phases. On any cross section specified in the hard alloy, a cross-sectional area of the homogeneous composition hard phases accounts for greater than or equal to 80% of a cross-sectional area of the complex carbonitride hard phases, and the homogeneous composition hard phases account for greater than or equal to 80% of the complex carbonitride hard phases in number.

A sintered body and cutting tool, the sintered body (2) including: a first hard particle (10) containing TiCN; a second hard particle (20) containing (Ti, M) (C, N); a third hard particle (30) including a core portion (31) containing TiCN, and a peripheral portion (32) enclosing the core portion (31) and containing (Ti, M) (C, N) each as main components; a particle (40) containing at least one of Al, Zr, and Si; and a binding phase (50) containing at least one of Co and Ni and at least one of Re and Ru, and has a thickness of not greater than 5 nm. The third hard particle (30) has, in the core portion (31), a particle (33) containing at least one selected from Co, Ni, Re, and Ru, and has a dislocation (34) in each of the core portion (31) and the peripheral portion (32).

A sintered body and cutting tool, the sintered body (2) including: a first hard particle (10) containing TiCN; a second hard particle (20) containing (Ti, M) (C, N); a third hard particle (30) including a core portion (31) containing TiCN, and a peripheral portion (32) enclosing the core portion (31) and containing (Ti, M) (C, N) each as main components; a particle (40) containing at least one of Al, Zr, and Si; and a binding phase (50) containing at least one of Co and Ni and at least one of Re and Ru, and has a thickness of not greater than 5 nm. The third hard particle (30) has, in the core portion (31), a particle (33) containing at least one selected from Co, Ni, Re, and Ru, and has a dislocation (34) in each of the core portion (31) and the peripheral portion (32).

A cermet (1) includes a bonding phase (2) and a hard phase (4). The hard phase (4) includes: a first hard phase (5) composed of TiCN; and a second hard phase (6) composed of a composite carbonitride of Ti, which is greater than the average particle diameter of the first hard phase (5). The cermet (1) further includes an aggregate part (10) formed by interlinking parts of the second hard phase (6). The second hard phase (6) forming the aggregate part (10) includes a 2a-th hard phase (7) having a maximum W content of an inner part thereof that is more than 1.1 times as great as an average W content of an outer circumferential part thereof, in terms of mass ratio. The aggregate part (10) composes a proportion of from 20% to 60% of the cermet (1) in terms of surface area.