METHOD FOR PRODUCING METALLOFULLERITE Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: powder metallurgy, possibly production of raw material for making diamond and wear resistant parts by case hardening. SUBSTANCE: method comprises steps of preparing mixture on iron base for subsequently treating said mixture prepared of powders of iron and fullerene C60; pressing mixture and treating it in vacuum by means of high electric current low voltage microarc having diameter of 5-20 mcm and operating in quickly moving microspots for 60 s. EFFECT: significant reduction of time period of the whole cycle for making metallofullerite matrix. 2 tbl