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Metastable nanosized diamond formation from a C-H-O fluid system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

S.K. Simakov
S.K. Simakov*
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St. Petersburg University, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
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a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: simakov@ap1250.spb.edu
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Abstract

The model of nanosized diamond particles formation at metastable P-T parameters from a C-H-O fluid system is presented. It explains the hydrothermal formation and growth of diamond and the specifics of chemical vapor deposition (CVD) diamond synthesis gas mixtures at low P-T parameters. Further, the model explains the genesis of interstellar nanodiamond formations in space and the genesis of metamorphic microdiamonds in shallow depth Earth rocks. In contrast to models where many possible reactions are considered, the present model makes the simplest possible assumptions about the key processes, and is then able to account for various tendencies seen in experimental data.

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DiamondFluidNanoscale
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 25 , Issue 12 , December 2010 , pp. 2336 - 2340
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2010

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