HPHT-Treated Diamonds
Subtitle: Diamonds Forever
By: by Inga A. Dobrinets, Victor. G. Vins, Alexander M. Zaitsev
Contributors: Vins, Victor. G.; Zaitsev, Alexander M.; SpringerLink (Online service)
Series: Springer Series in Materials Science -- 181
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg; Imprint: Springer
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9783642374906
Subjects: Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Physical organic chemistry; Surfaces (Physics); Optical and Electronic Materials; Physical and theoretical Chemistry; Optical materials; Spectroscopy and Microscopy; Crystallography; Physics
Description: High-temperature and high-pressure treatment of diamond is becoming an important technology to elaborate diamonds. This is the first book providing a comprehensive review of the properties of HPHT-treated diamonds, based on the analysis of published data and the work of the authors. The book gives a detailed analysis of the physics of transformation of internal structures of diamonds subjected to HPHT treatment and discusses how these transformations can be detected using methods of optical microscopy and spectroscopy. It also gives practical recommendations for the recognition of HPHT-treated diamonds. The book is written in a language and terms which can be understood by a broad audience of physicists, mineralogists and gemologists.
Table of contents: title: Natural Diamonds Used for HPHT Treatment; title: Process of HPHT Treatment; title: Features of HPHT Treated Diamonds; title: Recognition of HPHT Treated Diamonds; title: Concluding Remarks: Diamond Treatment is a Never-Ending Story.