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Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 09, 2005
Applicants:

Grant Charles Summerton, Norwood, ZA;

John Olaf Hansen, Rouxville, ZA;

Robert Charles Burns, Northcliff, ZA;

Timothy Patrick Gerard Addison, Midrand, ZA;

Simon Craig Lawson, Berkshire, GB;

Keith Barry Guy, Buckinghamshire, GB;

Michael Peter Gaukroger, Hampshire, GB;

Inventors:

Grant Charles Summerton, Norwood, ZA;

John Olaf Hansen, Rouxville, ZA;

Robert Charles Burns, Northcliff, ZA;

Timothy Patrick Gerard Addison, Midrand, ZA;

Simon Craig Lawson, Berkshire, GB;

Keith Barry Guy, Buckinghamshire, GB;

Michael Peter Gaukroger, Hampshire, GB;

Assignee:

ELEMENT SIX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, Harwell, Oxford, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 3/06 (2006.01); B01J 3/08 (2006.01); C01B 31/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 3/062 (2013.01); Y10T 428/2982 (2015.01); B01J 2203/0655 (2013.01);
Abstract

This invention relates to a method of improving the crystalline perfection of IIa diamond crystals by heating the grown diamond crystals at an elevated temperature and an elevated pressure. The invention extends to grown diamond material having a low extended defect density with low nitrogen concentration.


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