On. Breusov et al., DIAMOND-LIKE AMORPHOUS-CARBON AND NANOCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND OBTAINED BYDETONATION METHOD, High pressure research, 15(3), 1996, pp. 191-197
The diamond-like amorphous carbon phase was obtained by means of deton
ation compression of mixtures of an explosive with soot or graphite. T
he pycnometric density of powders after compression and treatment in b
oiling acids achieved 3.42 g/cm(3). The X-ray and TEM study showed tha
t fine-grained crystalline and nanocrystalline diamond was also presen
t in the samples in addition to the diamond-like amorphous phase.