Diamond formation from glassy carbon under high pressure and temperature conditions |
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Authors: | Shin-Ichi Hirano Kazuaki Shimono Shigeharu Naka |
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Affiliation: | (1) Synthetic Crystal Research Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusaku, 464 Nagoya, Japan |
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Abstract: | The process of the formation of diamond from the glassy carbon with its characteristic bond nature was investigated in the diamond stable region at high pressures (up to 10 GPa) and temperatures (up to 3000° C), without any intentional addition of metals as solvent. The process of diamond formation was found to obey Ostwalds's step rule as follows: amorphous glassy carbon crystallized to form fully well-crystallized graphite prior to diamond formation and then the graphite crystals were converted to diamond by further heat treatment at pressures above 9 GPa. The many trigons formed are considered to be essentially a record of growth failure in the growth period. As a result of heat treatment for a longer time and/or at a higher temperature close to the diamond—graphite stability boundary, the diamond tended to grow with the (111)-face composed of the thin growth layers. |
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