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Preparation of SiC-Diamond Composites

Bogdan F. Palosz 6Evgeni A. Ekimov 4Stanisław Gierlotka 6Svitlana Stelmakh 6Roman Pielaszek 5,6Adam Witek Ewa Grzanka 5,6Adam M. Presz 6H. Boysen Ulrich Bismayer 2

1. Warsaw University, Faculty of Physics, Hoża 69, Warszawa 00-681, Poland
2. University of Hamburg, Mineralogisch-Pertographisches Institut, Hamburg, Germany
3. Polish Academy of Sciences, High Pressure Research Center (UNIPRESS), Sokolowska 29/37, Warszawa 01-142, Poland
4. Institute for High Pressure Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Troitsk 142092, Russian Federation
5. Warsaw University, Faculty of Physics, Hoża 69, Warszawa 00-681, Poland
6. Polish Academy of Sciences, High Pressure Research Center (UNIPRESS), Sokolowska 29/37, Warszawa 01-142, Poland

Abstract


GRAIN BOUNDARIES HARDER THAN DIAMOND

B. Pal/osz and W. L/ojkowski
High Pressure Researc Center, Polish Academy of Sciences
Sokolowska 29, 01-142 Warsaw
Abstract
In the present paper we present some experimental results concerning
pecularities of interfaces in covalent materials subjected to high
pressure. We review experimental results pointing at the fact that
breaking of the covalent interatomic bonds may lead to denser packing
of atoms than in the bulk. These results indicate that breaking of the
covalent bonds may have at least two important consequences for the
properties of covalent materials with interfaces. On the example of
own results we show that interfaces after breaking the bonds may have
a lower compressibility than the bulk diamond. On the other hand, we
review the results of Azis et al., where breaking of interatomic bonds
may lead to negative activation volumes for some kinetic phenomena.

 

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