PARAMETRIC EFFECTS ON THE SUBSTRATE-TEMPERATURE PROFILE IN OXY-ACETYLENE FLAMES

In the oxy-acetylene combustion method, the quality and morphology of the diamond film depends on a variety of factors, including the substrate surface temperature, gas flow rates and their ratio, and substrate position. Due to the nature of the oxy-acetylene flame, surface temperature of the substrate varies in the radial direction. The substrate temperature profile, in turn, is influenced by the coolant flow rate, nozzle size, substrate position on the heat sink, substrate position in the combustion flame, and the total flow rate of mixed gas (acetylene and oxygen). In this article, temperature measurements using fine-gauge thermocouples were made to characterize the influence of these parameters on the substrate temperature profile.