October 2024 Photon /diamagnetic Sample Testing
While studying graphene at Cambridge via a Coursera the use of boron had interesting physical property affects. Later while studying quantum physics at the University of Maryland on another Coursera course, the affects of photos on the sub atomic energy of atoms (photo electric affect) pointed to the possibility of manipulating the diamagnetic moment using photon energy. Since Pyrolytic Graphite has the strongest known diamagnetic moment (-400) this lead to the selection of earth mined blue diamonds containing boron for natural fluorescence. Originally fluorite crystals were used modifying the diamagnetic moment with 365nm UV. The purpose of this study being an attempt to develop a supper diamagnetic material. As an example the following 2 gray diamonds and the 1 blue fluorescence under UV light fluoresced. The various strength of after glow is varied due to natural levels and varieties of impurities of the diamonds at time of formation.
The samples also had after glow, the impurities causing this phenomena are not clear so using a photo spectrometer a guess at 2 of the source of the fluorescence seems to be primarily from boron and nitrogen. Left spectrum was from the blue diamond and the left spectrum is from the 2 gray diamonds. The blue diamond was a murky green and the gray diamonds had a persistent red/orange glow lasting over a minute making it a very rare diamond. A lot of the spectrum is beyond my sight in the UV and infrared range.
Originally I thought that 95% of the acquired samples were none responsive to 365nm UV but with the photo spectrometer all samples will have to be re-evaluated for the none visible light. All of our samples are earth mined in Brazil then shipped to India for heat and pressure treated to enhance their quality. The main supplier for affordable quality diamonds has been specialbonnie an Ebay store.
The following are some of the basic tools being used for testing.
It would be very valuable and helpful to have a Raman spectroscopy instrument that offers vibrational and rotational information about molecules, it’s a valuable tool for characterization and would be a big help in identifying the impurities associated with our samples related to fluorescence.
