| Title |
The Color Enhancement of Brown Tinted Diamonds with Annealing Temperatures in 5.6 Gpa-10 min HPHT |
| Authors |
이봉(Feng Li); 송오성(Oh Sung Song) |
| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.3365/KJMM.2012.50.1.023 |
| ISSN |
1738-8228(ISSN), 2288-8241(eISSN) |
| Keywords |
diamond; HPHT; optical properties; raman spectroscopy; PL |
| Abstract |
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℃. 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℃. In the FT-IR spectrum, there were no Type changes of the diamond samples. However, amber centers leading to brown colors lessened after 1700℃ 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℃ HPHT annealing at 5.6 GPa- 10 min. |