Some aspects of the thermal conductivity of isotopically enriched diamond single crystals

Abstract

New data on the thermal-conductivity temperature dependence k(T) of both natural abundance and isotopically enriched synthetic diamond gems are presented. The existing data on the thermal-conductivity temperature dependence k(T) of natural type-IIa diamond have been reanalyzed using a comprehensive Klemens-Callaway model. The high thermal conductivity of isotopically pure diamond is shown to be consistent with the model.