Diamond oxidation at atmospheric pressure: Development of surface features and the effect of oxygen fugacity

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 623-635

  Fedortchouk, Yana ^a   Canil, Dante ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diamond preservation; Diamond resorption; Etch forms; Experiments; Kimberlites; Kinetics; Oxygen fugacity; Relative oxidation rates

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENZYME KINETICS; EXPERIMENTS; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; MINERALS; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; REACTION RATES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL LOGGING; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

DIAMOND MORPHOLOGY; FAST OXIDATION RATES; IRREGULAR CAVITIES; KIMBERLITES; MOLECULAR COMPOSITIONS; OXIDATION RATES; OXYGEN FUGACITY; THREE TEMPERATURE;

DIAMONDS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DIAMOND; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUGACITY; KIMBERLITE; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDATION; PRESERVATION; RESORPTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 67749099684     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1929     Document Type: Article

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