Microstructural study of synthetic sintered diamond and comparison with carbonado, a natural polycrystalline diamond

American Mineralogist

Volumn 89, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 438-445

  De, Subarnarekha ^a   Heaney, Peter J ^b   Fei, Yingwei ^c   Vicenzi, Edward P ^d  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; DIAMONDS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; POWDER METALS; TEXTURES;

DEFECT MICROSTRUCTURE; DISLOCATION DENSITIES; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; INTERGRANULAR POROSITY; LOW-DISLOCATION DENSITY; MICROSTRUCTURAL DEFECTS; POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMONDS; SURFACE FRACTURING;

SINTERING;

CARBONADO; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIAMOND; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; MINERAL SYNTHESIS;

EID: 1642268286     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-2004-2-325     Document Type: Article

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