Transformation of shock-compressed graphite to hexagonal diamond in nanoseconds
Abstract
The graphite-to-diamond transformation under shock compression has been of broad scientific interest since 1961. The formation of hexagonal diamond (HD) is of particular interest because it is expected to be harder than cubic diamond and due to its use in terrestrial sciences as a marker at meteorite impact sites. However, the formation of diamond having a fully hexagonal structure continues to be questioned and remains unresolved. Using real-time (nanosecond), in situ x-ray diffraction measurements, we show unequivocally that highly oriented pyrolytic graphite, shock-compressed along the c axis to 50 GPa, transforms to highly oriented elastically strained HD with the (100)HD plane parallel to the graphite basal plane. These findings contradict recent molecular dynamics simulation results for the shock-induced graphite-to-diamond transformation and provide a benchmark for future theoretical simulations. Additionally, our results show that an earlier report of HD forming only above 170 GPa for shocked pyrolytic graphite may lead to incorrect interpretations of meteorite impact events.
- Authors:
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- Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States). Inst. for Shock Physics
- Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States). Inst. for Shock Physics; Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
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- Research Org.:
- Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States). Inst. for Shock Physics
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Programs (DP)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1410678
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1410676
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NA0002442; NA0002007; AC02-06CH11357
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Science Advances
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 3; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 2375-2548
- Publisher:
- AAAS
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
Citation Formats
Turneaure, Stefan J., Sharma, Surinder M., Volz, Travis J., Winey, J. M., and Gupta, Yogendra M. Transformation of shock-compressed graphite to hexagonal diamond in nanoseconds. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aao3561.
Turneaure, Stefan J., Sharma, Surinder M., Volz, Travis J., Winey, J. M., & Gupta, Yogendra M. Transformation of shock-compressed graphite to hexagonal diamond in nanoseconds. United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aao3561
Turneaure, Stefan J., Sharma, Surinder M., Volz, Travis J., Winey, J. M., and Gupta, Yogendra M. 2017.
"Transformation of shock-compressed graphite to hexagonal diamond in nanoseconds". United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aao3561. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1410678.
@article{osti_1410678,
title = {Transformation of shock-compressed graphite to hexagonal diamond in nanoseconds},
author = {Turneaure, Stefan J. and Sharma, Surinder M. and Volz, Travis J. and Winey, J. M. and Gupta, Yogendra M.},
abstractNote = {The graphite-to-diamond transformation under shock compression has been of broad scientific interest since 1961. The formation of hexagonal diamond (HD) is of particular interest because it is expected to be harder than cubic diamond and due to its use in terrestrial sciences as a marker at meteorite impact sites. However, the formation of diamond having a fully hexagonal structure continues to be questioned and remains unresolved. Using real-time (nanosecond), in situ x-ray diffraction measurements, we show unequivocally that highly oriented pyrolytic graphite, shock-compressed along the c axis to 50 GPa, transforms to highly oriented elastically strained HD with the (100)HD plane parallel to the graphite basal plane. These findings contradict recent molecular dynamics simulation results for the shock-induced graphite-to-diamond transformation and provide a benchmark for future theoretical simulations. Additionally, our results show that an earlier report of HD forming only above 170 GPa for shocked pyrolytic graphite may lead to incorrect interpretations of meteorite impact events.},
doi = {10.1126/sciadv.aao3561},
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journal = {Science Advances},
issn = {2375-2548},
number = 10,
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place = {United States},
year = {Fri Oct 27 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Fri Oct 27 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
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