Phase transitions and nucleation in diamond and graphite

Conclusions It has been shown that the region of diamond thermodynamic stability depends on the dimensions of the carbon particles in small-particle systems. At the high supersaturation realized in vacuum condensation and chemical decomposition, there is an increase in the ratio of the probabilities for diamond and graphite nucleation.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1184–1188, June, 1979.