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The elastic stiffness moduli of a 22-carat Type II diamond have been measured at 25.0°C by the ultrasonic technique described by H. J. McSkimin. Basic wave velocities were obtained over a frequency range of 20–500 MHz in order to minimize errors due to diffraction and coupling effects. Moduli (in units of 1012 dyn/cm2) are as follows: c11=10.79±0.05, c12=1.24±0.05, c44=5.78±0.02. Comparison with literature values is made.
McSkimin et al. (1972) studied this question.