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Shock Wave Synthesis of Diamond and other Phases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Paul S. Decarli
Paul S. Decarli*
Affiliation:
Poulter Laboratory, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA 94025
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Abstract

Shock wave synthesis of diamond was an unexpected result of experiments designed to explore the effects of shock waves on a variety of materials. The initial announcement in 1959 was controversial; shock synthesis of diamond had been shown to be unlikely, on the basis of kinetic arguments. Jamieson confirmed the identification and suggested a diffusionless mechanism, c-axis compression of rhombohedral graphite. Subsequent work has provided strong evidence that shock wave synthesis of cubic diamond is a conventional thermally activated nucleation and growth process. Thermal inhomogeneities provide the requisite high temperatures; quenching via thermal equilibration is implicit in the process. Shock synthesis of adamantine BN phases appears to be quasi-martensitic; a martensitic mechanism may partially account for the Lonsdaleite (hexagonal diamond) observed in some meteorites and in some artificial shock products. Diamond is also formed as a detonation product in oxygen-deficient explosives. The polycrystalline product of shock synthesis is similar to natural carbonado. The association of carbonado with an ancient giant impact crater is noted.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 383: Symposium I – Mechanical Behavior of Diamond and Other Forms of Carbon , 1995 , 21
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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