Publication Date:
2004-12-03
Description:
High pressure synthetic diamonds have now been a commercial product for over 40 years. Russian scientists invented the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process 30 years ago, while the Japanese followed 10 years later and the U.S. was introduced to it 10 years after that. The new syntheses focus is on liquid and solid phase approaches. There are three CVD processes: microwave plasma, hot filament, and oxy-acetylene torch. The oxy-acetylene torch is an excellent materials synthesis lab experiment, emphasizing the simplicity of the science.
Keywords:
Solid-State Physics
Type:
National Educators' Workshop: Update 95. Standard Experiments in Engineering Materials Science and Technology; 277-288; NASA-CP-3330
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