Synthesis of high quality diamond films in a turbulent flame

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Abstract
High quality polycrystalline diamond films have been synthesized in a premixed, turbulent oxygen-acetylene flame, using a commercial brazing torch. The quality of the films was measured by Raman spectroscopy, electron microscopy, and hemispherical transmittance measurements in the ultraviolet, visible, and infrared. Turbulence was achieved by operating the torch with a sufficiently high Reynolds number. The presence of turbulence was confirmed by observations of changes in the flame shape, the characteristic sound of the flame, and calculation of the Reynold’s number.