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Based on X-ray diffraction patterns and an original atom distribution calculation by the proposed computer models, we infer that there exist high-quality and poor-quality detonation nanodiamonds. It has been demonstrated that the high-quality detonation nanodiamonds are small in size and have a structure corresponding to that of macrodiamond, while poor-quality ones consist of a core and a shell whose atom distribution has been disturbed and differs from that in macrodiamond.
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Original Russian Text © V.Yu. Dolmatov, G.S. Yur’ev, V. Myllymäki, K.M. Korolev, 2013, published in Sverkhtverdye Materialy, 2013, Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 21–28.
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Dolmatov, V.Y., Yur’ev, G.S., Myllymäki, V. et al. Why detonation nanodiamonds are small. J. Superhard Mater. 35, 77–82 (2013). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1063457613020020
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