A method for reproducibly heating diamond single crystals is described. Measurements of the actual diamond temperature are made using a pair of embedded thermocouples. Both, steady state and temperature programmed heating methods have been characterized. It is demonstrated that diamond temperatures, when estimated by measuring the temperature of the heating support, may be in error by hundreds of degrees K.
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Smentkowski et al. (1993) studied this question.