Super Diamonds
Posted on 08. Feb, 2010 by Stenberg-Tendys W.L. in Business & Finance
The world of technology is buzzing with the news that Gemesis, Florida, has finally released the news that it is able to create gem-size diamonds in a Vacuum Chamber, through a process known as Chemical Vapour Deposition, (CVD).
Using various gas properties, namely methane and hydrogen, under heat and Radio Frequency radiation, (microwave) and heating the chamber to 2000 Celesius, the gas molecules attach themselves to the carbon on the surface of the seed diamond, producing a large diamond which is 50% harder than natural diamonds.
Enormous pressure and heat has been used to produce man-made diamonds since the 1950’s. The first industrial diamond taking five years to produce, by GE. Now scientists have the ability to create Super Diamonds in a matter of days from a seed diamond, making the use of diamonds as a raw material to be used in technology, priceless.
Already mining and drilling have been revolutionized by the production of industrial diamonds, but modern technology is on the verge of being taken a step further, due to the fact that diamonds are the most efficient heat conductor there is, transferring heat 5 times quicker than metal.
Hope Diamond
Silicon chips are subject to heat and shut down if heated beyond a certain temperature. The Super Diamond will not only conduct electricity, but is not affected by heat. Computers will be able to operate at much faster speeds. Mobile phones and any form of communication will be vastly improved with the use of the Super Diamond.
Diamonds are the hardest substance known to man and for many centuries it has been one of the most revered and sought after materials. They have been the sign of supreme wealth, being steeped in mythology and deeply rooted in ancient legends. Super Diamonds are laser marked, so they will not get onto the jewellry market illegally.
Light slows down when it is refracted through a diamond, allowing communication to control the speed of light. Even windows can be made of diamond, using this new process.
South Africa is now able to produce a synthetic diamond in just 45 minutes. The downside of South Africa’s process is that it can only produce very small diamonds.
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08. Feb, 2010
[...] Gemesis, Florida has the world of technology buzzing with the latest news that has finally been released. They are now able to create gem size diamonds in a Vacuum chamber, through a process known as Chemical Vapour Deposition. Find out more about this amazing process… [...]
I made synthetic diamonds at Argonne national Lab before I retired and we alo made a material, near-frictiomless diamond as coating (amorphous) that were lower friction than teflon and very hard. Gruen at ANL made nanophase diamond coatings from fullerenes in plasma but I saw no mention of that.