Nanosized carbon forms in the processes of pressure–temperature-induced transformations of hydrocarbons

The products of thermal conversions of naphthalene, anthracene, pentacene, perylene, and coronene at 8 GPa in the temperature range up to 1300 C have been studied by scanning electron and high-resolution transmission electron microscopies. As a result, it has been established that various nanometer-sized carbon species (spherical and coalesced two-core onion-like carbon particles, faceted polyhedral particles, graphitic ribbons, graphitic folds, and nanocrystalline diamonds) are present in the conversion products together with micron-sized crystallites of graphite and diamond. 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved

On the Nature of Simultaneous Formation of Nano- and Micron-Size Diamond Fractions under pressure–temperature-induced transformations of Binary Mixtures of Hydrocarbon and Fluorocarbon Compounds

International audienceBased on comparative studies of pressure–temperature-induced transformations of naphthalene, octafluoronaphthalene, and their binary mixtures, the nature of formation of nano- and micron-size diamond fractions in the products of transformations of hydrocarbons and fluorocarbons has been revealed. It was found that the main reason for the massive formation of nano-size diamonds is the specifics of carbonization of fluorocarbon compounds under pressure. In this particular process, micron-size particles of graphite are formed simultaneously with a significant amount of closed two- to five-layered carbon nanoparticles of 5–15-nm size, acting as precursors for the formation of nano-size diamond fractions. The obtained results open up a new avenue for the metal catalyst-free synthesis of nano/micron-size fractions of pure and doped diamonds

The investigation of absolute flow non-uniform velocity distributions influence at the centrifugal compressor axial radial impeller inlet using numerical calculation methods in ANSYS CFX

Currently, methods of numerical modelling are widely used. They are especially widely used in the design of turbo compressors. For the specific task of designing new flowing parts of a centrifugal compressor, it is not recommended to deviate from the canonical design techniques, but it is preferable to supplement them with numerical methods. This article is devoted to the end two-element stage investigation of a centrifugal compressor with an axial radial impeller; the stage main dimensions were obtained using the method of V.F. Rice. In order to obtain the necessary pressure characteristics and determine the dependence for the absolute velocity non-uniform distribution at the inlet to the axial radial impeller, the flow path main dimensions were optimized using numerical calculation methods. The calculation was performed using the SST turbulence model using computational gas dynamics methods in the ANSYS CFX software environment. Based on the optimization results, five compressor designs and corresponding characteristics were obtained. The absolute velocity distribution nature at the inlet to the centrifugal compressor axial radial impeller for five flow path variants is investigated. Empirical dependences are obtained for the deviation of the absolute velocity at the inlet in the hub section axial radial impeller and the absolute velocity deviation at the shroud from the absolute velocity at the average diameter based on the results of a numerical experiment. Recommendations are made for further absolute velocity distributions investigating at the inlet to the compressor impeller

High-pressure synthesis and characterization of superconducting boron-doped diamond

Microcrystalline powders of boron-doped diamond were produced in the C–H–B system under a pressure of 8 GPa and at a temperature of more than 2000 K. The presence of boron in the C–B–H system was shown to decrease the temperature–pressure parameters for diamond synthesis compared with those for the binary C–H system (naphthalene). A decrease in the parameters for synthesis in the system with boron may be due to the formation of graphite with less perfect crystal structure during an intermediate stage of diamond formation. Superconducting diamond microcrystals are synthesized in the C–H–B system with boron content of about 5–10 at% in a mixture with naphthalene. Superconductivity below 3.5 K in boron-doped diamond powder is detected in AC magnetic susceptibility measurements

Conversion of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to graphite and diamond at high pressures

International audienceThe polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH): naphthalene, anthracene, pentacene, perylene, and coronene were submitted to temperatures up to 1500 °C at 8 GPa. To avoid catalytic action of metals on thermal conversion, graphite was used as container material. Moreover, graphite is very permeable to the gaseous products of thermal decomposition of PAH. The resulting thermal transformations and their evolution were studied by X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy as a function of temperature for 60-s treatments. The nature of the initial compounds clearly affects the products of the different stages of carbonization and the first steps of graphitization. This becomes hardly discernible in the final stages of graphitization above 1000 °C. Above 1200 °C, graphite with high rystallinity forms in all cases. The temperature of the beginning of diamond formation does not seem to be influenced by the nature of the initial PAH and is equal to -1280 °C for all investigated compounds. Diamonds formed from the PAH are high-quality 5–40 pm single crystals. The p, T values of diamond formation here obtained are significantly lower than those previously known for direct graphite–diamond transformatio

Testing the magnetism of polymerized fullerene

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Magnetic Carbon

The discovery of nanostructured forms of molecular carbon has led to renewed interest in the varied properties of this element. Both graphite and C 60 can be electron-doped by alkali metals to become superconducting; transition temperatures of up to 52 K have been attained by field-induced hole-doping of C 60 (ref. 2). Recent experiments and theoretical studies have suggested that electronic instabilities in pure graphite may give rise to superconducting and ferromagnetic properties, even at room temperature. Here we report the serendipitous discovery of strong magnetic signals in rhombohedral C 60. Our intention was to search for superconductivity in polymerized C 60; however, it appears that our high-pressure, high-temperature polymerization process results in a magnetically ordered state. The material exhibits features typical of ferromagnets: saturation magnetization, large hysteresis and attachment to a magnet at room temperature. 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