“…Coating the diamond surface with a barrier layer is one especially attractive way when one considers the degradation of diamond grains at high temperatures in oxidizing and corrosive environments. [6][7][8][9][10] At present, various metal coating materials, [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] such as Ti, Zr, V, Cr, Mo, W, Ni, Cu, have mainly been attempted to increase diamond retention in metal or resin bonds but these coated grains are scarely considered for vitrified bonds maybe due to mismatching chemical bond. Nonmetal coatings, such as TiC, 19 Si, 20 SiC, 21 and Al 2 O 3,22 have been developed and TiC and Si coatings have been attempted to manufacture vitrified bonded diamond tools.…”