CPC E21B 10/60 (2013.01) [B22F 3/24 (2013.01); B22F 5/00 (2013.01); C22C 26/00 (2013.01); C22C 29/06 (2013.01); B22F 3/14 (2013.01); B22F 7/08 (2013.01); B22F 2003/244 (2013.01); B22F 2005/001 (2013.01); B22F 2302/406 (2013.01); B22F 2998/10 (2013.01); B22F 2999/00 (2013.01); E21B 10/42 (2013.01); E21B 10/567 (2013.01)] | 4 Claims |
1. A method of forming a cutting element, comprising:
forming an assembly comprising a supporting substrate, a hard material powder over the supporting substrate, and an acid-dissolvable structure embedded within the supporting substrate and the hard material powder;
defining a geometry of a fluid pathway with the acid-dissolvable structure;
subjecting the supporting substrate, the hard material powder, and the acid-dissolvable structure to elevated temperatures and elevated pressures to inter-bond discrete hard material particles of the hard material powder and form a cutting table attached to the supporting substrate; and
removing the acid-dissolvable structure from the cutting table and the supporting substrate forming the fluid pathway.
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