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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2001
Hiroshi Ishizuka, Tokyo, JP;
Other;
Abstract
Diamond particles are provided having a nominal size of 5 &mgr;m or less by D50 measurement and which comprise an explicit thermal effect such as a minute crack in the crystal structure due to a heat treatment at a temperature at least of 1000° C. The diamond particles include diamond converted non-diamond carbon in an amount of at least 0.5% by weight relative to the whole diamond particle. A method for synthesizing the diamond particles includes providing diamond particles having a primary particle D50 average size of 50 nm or greater, subjecting the diamond particles to a heat treatment at a temperature of at least 1000° C. in either a non-oxidizing atmosphere or in a vacuum, and converting the diamond partly to non-diamond carbon.