Abstract

Diamond crystallization in the sulfur–graphite system has been studied at P=7 GPa and T=1750–1850°C in experiments with a duration up to 7 h. It has been found that diamond nucleation and crystallization occur both at the interface between the graphite and sulfur melt and directly within the carbon–saturated sulfur melt. Diamond crystals with maximum size up to 500 μm were synthesized. The crystals had cube–octahedral morphology with minor faces of trapezohedron. Goniometric measurements revealed that crystallographic indexes of the trapezohedron faces are {411} and {944}. Spectroscopic characterization of sulfur–synthesized diamonds by means of infrared absorption microscopy and cathodoluminescence has been made for the first time. It was found that crystals contain nitrogen impurity in the form of A aggregates with concentration up to approximately 700 at. ppm. An absorption band with a maximum at 1050 cm −1, whose origin is not clear, was observed in the IR spectra. The cathodoluminescence spectra of these diamonds were found to comprise of the well-known H3 and 575-nm systems as well as a broad emission band.

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