title: A reduction-pyrolysis-catalysis synthesis of diamond
abstract: Diamond powder was synthesized through a metallic reduction-pyrolysis-catalysis route with the reaction of carbon tetrachloride and sodium at 700 degreesC, in which the sodium was used as reductant and flux. This temperature is much lower than that of traditional methods. The x-ray powder diffraction patterns showed three strong peaks of diamond. The Raman spectrum showed a sharp peak at 1332 inverse centimeters, which is characteristic of diamond. Although the yield was only 2 percent, this method is a simple means of forming diamond.
authors.affiliation: Structure Research Laboratory and Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China.
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authors.lastname: Li
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authors.lastname: Qian
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authors.lastname: Liao
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authors.lastname: Ding
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authors.lastname: Yang
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authors.lastname: Xu
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authors.lastname: Li
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authors.lastname: Zhou