Isotopically-pure carbon-12 or carbon-13 polycrystalline...

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C - Chemistry, Metallurgy

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C30B 29/04 (2006.01) B01J 3/06 (2006.01) C23C 16/27 (2006.01)

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CA 2070436

60SD00581 ISOTOPICALLY-PURE CARBON-12 OR CARBON-13 POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND POSSESSING ENHANCED THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Broadly, the present invention is directed to polycrystalline diamond of improved thermal conductivity. The novel polycrystalline diamond consists essentially of at least 99.5 wt-% isotopically-pure carbon-12 or carbon-13. The inventive polycrystalline diamond is formed from at least 99.5 wt-% isotopically-pure carbon-12 or carbon-13. Single-crystal isotopically-pure carbon-12 and carbon-13 diamond are known to possess improved thermal conductivity. Polycrystalline diamond, however, possesses lowerthermal conductivity patterns deleteriously impacted by, for example, impurities, isotopic effects, and grain boundary scattering. In fact, grain boundary scattering would lead the skilled artisan to believe that the thermal conductivity of polycrystalline diamond would be substantially unaffected by the isotopic nature of the diamond itself. Unexpectedly, however, isotopic effects were discovered to predominate in impacting the thermal conductivity of polycrystalline diamond consisting essentially of isotopically-pure carbon- 12 or carbon-13. This is true whether the isotopically-pure polycrystalline diamond is grown directly or whether individual isotopically-pure carbon-12 or carbon 13 diamond crystals are subjected to sintering for forming a polycrystalline structure, e.g. layer or compact, thereof.

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