Patent ID: 8243884

Claim:
An X-ray anode for generating X-rays, the X-ray anode comprising: a support body; and a coating joined to said support body for generating the X-rays upon bombardment with focused electrons; said support body having a strength-imparting region composed of a material with a strength of greater than 100 MPa at 500° C.; and said support body having a region composed of a diamond-metal composite containing from 40 to 90% by volume of diamond grains, from 10 to 60% by volume of binder phase(s) having from 80 to 100% by volume of binder metal and from 0 to 20% by volume of at least one carbide of a metallic element from groups 4b, 5b, 6b of the Periodic Table, B and Si; and a balance of diamond and production-related impurities.