DOI: 10.1126/science.252.5012.1542. Light-Transparent Phase Formed by Room-Temperature Compression of Graphite

Light-Transparent Phase Formed by Room-Temperature Compression of Graphite

10.1126/science.252.5012.1542

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Abstract

Single-crystal graphite has been compressed at room temperature and found to undergo a transformation at 18 gigapascals as indicated by a drastic increase in the optical transmittance. This high-pressure phase is unquenchable; a more transparent phase formed by the heating of this phase can be quenched at ambient conditions. This latter phase is probably "hexagonal diamond," and the present observations suggest that the structure of the transparent phase obtained by the room-temperature compression is different from the hexagonal diamond structure.

Bibliography

Utsumi, W., & Yagi, T. (1991). Light-Transparent Phase Formed by Room-Temperature Compression of Graphite. Science, 252(5012), 1542â1544.

Authors 2

Wataru Utsumi (first)
Takehiko Yagi (additional)

References 7 Referenced 166

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Dates

Type	When
Created	12 years, 5 months ago (March 13, 2013, 5:54 p.m.)
Deposited	1 year, 7 months ago (Jan. 12, 2024, 9:40 a.m.)
Indexed	15 hours, 26 minutes ago (Sept. 4, 2025, 10:19 a.m.)
Issued	34 years, 2 months ago (June 14, 1991)
Published	34 years, 2 months ago (June 14, 1991)
Published Print	34 years, 2 months ago (June 14, 1991)

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BibTeX

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