On the dilatation of diamond by nitrogen impurity aggregated in a defects

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 356, Issue 1741, 1998, Pages 1397-1419

  Lang, A R ^a   Pang, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diamond lattice parameter; Divergent beam X ray photography; Kossel patterns; Lattice parameter measurement; Nitrogen in diamond; X ray; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142648790     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1998.0227     Document Type: Article

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