A Study on the Diamond Lapping Direction Determination

摘要

The anisotropy of material removal rate for diamond gives a method to control the lapping rate of diamond specimen, i.e. changing the lapping direction. This requires comprehension on the relationship of the material removal rate and the lapping direction for diamond. This paper provides a method to figure out the diamond lapping direction. By preprocessing a straight edge formed by lapping a surface intersects with the required machining surface, the diamond lapping direction can be figured out under the Confocal Scanning Laser Microscope only if the crystal directions of the two surfaces are determined at first. The advantage of our method is that there is no need to consider the position and posture of the diamond specimen fixed on the holder.