synthetic diamond jewelry

synthetic diamond jewelry

synthetic diamond jewelry

In some crystals defects can be mapped by cathodoluminescence topographs. These record the patterns of ultraviolet, visible or infrared emissions stimulated by impact of an electron beam. Such emissions depend sensitively upon the identity and local bonding of impurity atoms in the specimen. Synthetic diamonds produce colourful patterns, as shown.



synthetic diamond jewelry
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