“…However, in order to fully understand the features of PDC during use, consideration of the residual stress, which is inherent to the sintering process, is also necessary. Many studies on the effects of residual stress in PDC have been reported, including the large mismatch in coefficients of thermal expansion between diamond and solvent metals [2,3], the thickness of the diamond layer [4], the sintering process parameters, thermal treatments, and bonding [5], the sintering temperature, pressure, and the crystal size in diamond-silicon carbide composites [6]. But no attempt has been made to study the residual stress in diamond-WC composites sintered by using different crystal size of diamonds.…”