Methods of fabricating a polycrystalline diamond body with a sintering aid/infiltrant at least saturated with non-diamond carbon and resultant products such as compacts

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PATENT NO 8999025
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13397971

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Embodiments of the invention relate to methods of fabricating a polycrystalline diamond compacts and applications for such polycrystalline diamond compacts. In an embodiment, a method of fabricating a polycrystalline diamond body includes mechanically milling non-diamond carbon and a sintering aid material for a time and aggressiveness sufficient to form a plurality of carbon-saturated sintering aid particles and sintering a plurality of diamond particles in the presence of the plurality of carbon-saturated sintering aid particles to form the polycrystalline diamond body.

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US SYNTHETIC CORPORATION1260 SOUTH 1600 WEST OREM UT 84058

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McMurray, C Eugene Payson, US 14 165
Miess, David P Highland, US 118 2076
Vail, Michael A Genola, US 114 4622

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