TY - JOUR
T1 - The color enhancement of brown tinted diamonds with annealing temperatures in 5.6 gpa-10 min HPHT
AU - Li, Feng
AU - Song, Ohsung
PY - 2012/1
Y1 - 2012/1
N2 - The color of a natural diamond that contains nitrogen impurities can be enhanced by a high pressure high temperature (HPHT) treatment. Type IaAB diamond samples containing nitrogen impurities were executed by HPHT process of 5.6 Gpa, 10 min by varying the annealing temperature at 1600, 1650, and 1700°C. Property characterization was carried out using an optical microscope, FT-IR spectrometer, lowtemperature PL spectrometer, and micro Raman spectrometer. By observing optical micrographs, it can be seen that diamond sample began to alter its color to vivid yellow at 1700°C. In the FT-IR spectrum, there were no Type changes of the diamond samples. However, amber centers leading to brown colors lessened after 1700°C annealing. In the PL spectrum, all the H4 centers became extinct, while there were no changes of yellow color center H3 before or after treatment. In the Raman spectrum, no graphite spots were detected. Consequently, diamond color enhancement can be done by higher than 1700°C HPHT annealing at 5.6 GPa-10 min.
AB - The color of a natural diamond that contains nitrogen impurities can be enhanced by a high pressure high temperature (HPHT) treatment. Type IaAB diamond samples containing nitrogen impurities were executed by HPHT process of 5.6 Gpa, 10 min by varying the annealing temperature at 1600, 1650, and 1700°C. Property characterization was carried out using an optical microscope, FT-IR spectrometer, lowtemperature PL spectrometer, and micro Raman spectrometer. By observing optical micrographs, it can be seen that diamond sample began to alter its color to vivid yellow at 1700°C. In the FT-IR spectrum, there were no Type changes of the diamond samples. However, amber centers leading to brown colors lessened after 1700°C annealing. In the PL spectrum, all the H4 centers became extinct, while there were no changes of yellow color center H3 before or after treatment. In the Raman spectrum, no graphite spots were detected. Consequently, diamond color enhancement can be done by higher than 1700°C HPHT annealing at 5.6 GPa-10 min.
KW - Diamond
KW - HPHT
KW - Optical properties
KW - PL
KW - Raman spectroscopy
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U2 - 10.3365/KJMM.2012.50.1.023
DO - 10.3365/KJMM.2012.50.1.023
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84857541535
SN - 1738-8228
VL - 50
SP - 23
EP - 27
JO - Journal of Korean Institute of Metals and Materials
JF - Journal of Korean Institute of Metals and Materials
IS - 1
ER -