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High-Temperature Indentation of Natural Diamond and the Quest for Lonsdaleite
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 February 2011
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Attempts were made to produce bands of hexagonal diamond (Lonsdaleite) by high-temperature indentation of cubic diamond. (011) wafers of type I diamond were indented over the temperature range 1000–1300°C and the microstructure of the indentation plastic zone investigated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). No hexagonal diamond was produced; instead, the plastic zone consisted of arrays of dislocations lying on the {001} planes. A possible mechanism for the generation of such dislocations, and reasons for the absence of hexagonal diamond, are discussed.
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