Abstract: A cubic boron nitride sintered material includes: more than 80 volume % and less than 100 volume % of cubic boron nitride grains; and more than 0 volume % and less than 20 volume % of a binder phase. The binder phase includes: at least one selected from a group consisting of a simple substance, an alloy, and an intermetallic compound selected from a group consisting of a group 4 element, a group 5 element, a group 6 element in a periodic table, aluminum, silicon, cobalt, and nickel. A dislocation density of the cubic boron nitride grains is more than or equal to 1×1015/m2 and less than or equal to 1×1017/m2.

Abstract: A sintered material includes a first phase and a second phase, wherein the first phase is composed of cubic boron nitride particles, and the following relational expressions are satisfied when more than or equal to two cubic boron nitride particles adjacent to and in direct contact with each other among the cubic boron nitride particles are defined as a contact body, Di represents a length of an entire perimeter of the contact body, n represents the number of contact locations at which the cubic boron nitride particles are in direct contact with each other, dk represents a length of each of the contact locations, and ?dk (where k=1 to n) represents a total length of the contact locations: Dii=Di+(2×?dk (where k=1 to n)); and [(Dii?Di)/Dii]×100?50.

Abstract: A sintered material includes a cubic boron nitride, a zirconium-containing oxide, a zirconium-containing nitride, and an aluminum-containing oxide, wherein the zirconium-containing nitride includes both or one of ZrN and ZrON, and the aluminum-containing oxide includes a type Al2O3.

Abstract: A cubic boron nitride sintered material includes: more than 80 volume % and less than 100 volume % of cubic boron nitride grains; and more than 0 volume % and less than 20 volume % of a binder phase. The binder phase includes: at least one selected from a group consisting of a simple substance, an alloy, and an intermetallic compound selected from a group consisting of a group 4 element, a group 5 element, a group 6 element in a periodic table, aluminum, silicon, cobalt, and nickel. A dislocation density of the cubic boron nitride grains is more than or equal to 3×1017/m2 and less than or equal to 1×1020/m2.

Abstract: A cubic boron nitride sintered material comprises 30% by volume or more and 80% by volume or less of cubic boron nitride grains and 20% by volume or more and 70% by volume or less of a binder phase, the cubic boron nitride grains having a dislocation density of 3×1017/m2 or more and 1×1020/m2 or less.

Abstract: A method of producing a cubic boron nitride sintered material includes: forming an organic cubic boron nitride powder by attaching an organic substance onto a cubic boron nitride source material powder; preparing a powder mixture including more than or equal to 85 volume % and less than 100 volume % of the organic cubic boron nitride powder and a remainder of a binder source material powder by mixing the organic cubic boron nitride powder and the binder source material powder, the binder source material powder including WC, Co and Al; and obtaining the cubic boron nitride sintered material by sintering the powder mixture.

Abstract: A sintered material comprises cubic boron nitride and a first material that is a partially stabilized ZrO2 with Al2O3 dispersed therein at crystal grain boundaries and/or in crystal grains, the sintered material comprising 20% by volume or more and 80% by volume or less of the cubic boron nitride, the sintered material comprising 0.001% by mass or more and 1% by mass or less of nitrogen in the first material when the first material is measured through secondary ion mass spectrometry.

Abstract: A cubic boron nitride sintered material comprises 30% by volume or more and 99.9% by volume or less of cubic boron nitride grains and 0.1% by volume or more and 70% by volume or less of a binder phase, the cubic boron nitride grain having a carbon content of 0.08% by mass or less, the cubic boron nitride sintered material being free of free carbon.

Abstract: A sintered material comprises cubic boron nitride and a first material that is a partially stabilized ZrO2 with Al2O3 dispersed therein at crystal grain boundaries and/or in crystal grains, the sintered material comprising 20% by volume or more and 80% by volume or less of the cubic boron nitride, the sintered material comprising 0.001% by mass or more and 1% by mass or less of nitrogen in the first material when the first material is measured through secondary ion mass spectrometry.

Abstract: A method of producing a cubic boron nitride sintered material includes: forming an organic cubic boron nitride powder by attaching an organic substance onto a cubic boron nitride source material powder; preparing a powder mixture including more than or equal to 85 volume % and less than 100 volume % of the organic cubic boron nitride powder and a remainder of a binder source material powder by mixing the organic cubic boron nitride powder and the binder source material powder, the binder source material powder including WC, Co and Al; and obtaining the cubic boron nitride sintered material by sintering the powder mixture.

Abstract: A cubic boron nitride sintered material comprises 30% by volume or more and 80% by volume or less of cubic boron nitride grains and 20% by volume or more and 70% by volume or less of a binder phase, the cubic boron nitride grains having a dislocation density of 3×1017/m2 or more and 1×1020/m2 or less.

Abstract: A cubic boron nitride sintered material includes: more than or equal to 85 volume % and less than 100 volume % of cubic boron nitride grains; and a remainder of a binder, wherein the binder includes WC, Co and an Al compound, and when a TEM-EDX is used to analyze an interface region including an interface at which the cubic boron nitride grains are adjacent to each other, oxygen exists on a whole or part of the interface, and a width D of a region in which the oxygen exists is more than or equal to 0.1 nm and less than or equal to 10 nm.

Abstract: The cubic boron nitride sintered material comprises 30% by volume or more and 80% by volume or less of cubic boron nitride grains and 20% by volume or more and 70% by volume or less of a binder phase, the cubic boron nitride grains having a dislocation density of 1×1015/m2 or more and 1×1017/m2 or less.

Abstract: A composite sintered material includes: a plurality of diamond grains having an average grain size of less than or equal to 10 ?m; a plurality of cubic boron nitride grains having an average grain size of less than or equal to 2 ?m; and a plurality of aluminum oxide grains having an average grain size of less than or equal to 0.5 ?m; and a remainder of a binder phase, wherein at least parts of adjacent diamond grains are bound to one another, the binder phase includes cobalt, in the composite sintered material, a content of the diamond grains is from 30 to 92 volume %, a content of the cubic boron nitride grains is from 3 to 40 volume %, a content of the aluminum oxide grains is from 2 to 15 volume %, and a content of the cobalt is from 3 to 30 volume %.

Abstract: A polycrystalline abrasive grain includes: a plurality of cBN particles; and a binder that binds the plurality of cBN particles, wherein the binder includes at least one of nitride, carbide, and carbonitride of one selected from a group consisting of a group 4a metal, a group 5a metal, and a group 6a metal in a periodic table, and a content of the binder in the polycrystalline abrasive grain is more than or equal to 5 volume % and less than or equal to 50 volume %.

Abstract: The sintered material includes a powder-derived material containing one or both of a nitride and an oxynitride, each of which contains at least one first metal element selected from the group consisting of group 4 elements, group 5 elements and group 6 elements in the periodic table, the rate y1/x1 of the atomic ratio y1 of non-metal element atoms in the powder-derived material to the atomic ratio x1 of metal element atoms therein is greater than 1, and the powder-derived material has a cubic structure.

Abstract: An alloy powder contains greater than or equal to 3% by mass and less than or equal to 30% by mass of tungsten, greater than or equal to 2% by mass and less than or equal to 30% by mass of aluminum, greater than or equal to 0.2% by mass and less than or equal to 15% by mass of oxygen, and at least one of cobalt and nickel as the balance. The alloy powder has an average particle diameter of greater than or equal to 0.1 ?m and less than or equal to 10 ?m.

Abstract: A sintered material includes a cubic boron nitride, a zirconium-containing oxide, a zirconium-containing nitride, and an aluminum-containing oxide, wherein the zirconium-containing nitride includes both or one of ZrN and ZrON, and the aluminum-containing oxide includes a type Al2O3.

Abstract: Provided is a cubic boron nitride sintered body including more than or equal to 85 volume percent and less than 100 volume percent of cubic boron nitride particles, and a remainder of a binder, wherein the binder contains WC, Co, and an Al compound, the binder contains W2Co21B6, and, when IA represents an X-ray diffraction intensity of a (111) plane of the cubic boron nitride particles, IB represents an X-ray diffraction intensity of a (100) plane of the WC, and IC represents an X-ray diffraction intensity of a (420) plane of the W2Co21B6, a ratio IC/IA of the IC to the IA is more than 0 and less than 0.10, and a ratio IC/IB of the IC to the IB is more than 0 and less than 0.40.

Abstract: Cermet contains a hard phase which contains carbonitride containing Ti and Nb and a metallic binder phase containing an iron-group element. The hard phase includes a granular core portion and a peripheral portion which covers at least a part of the core portion. The core portion contains composite carbonitride expressed as Ti1-X-YNbXWYC1-ZNZ, where Y is not smaller than 0 and not greater than 0.05 and Z is not smaller than 0.3 and not greater than 0.6. The peripheral portion is composed to be higher in content of W than the core portion.