| Diamonds are allotropes of carbon , whose hardness | | | | carbon. |
| and high dispersion of light make it useful for industrial | | | | Since diamonds are carbon, eventually people were |
| applications and jewelry. | | | | able to make diamonds in this manner, but these |
| Diamond in Greek means "impossible to tame". | | | | diamonds were easily distinguishable from natural |
| Diamonds are found mainly in central and southern | | | | diamonds. |
| Africa, although significant sources of the mineral have | | | | Originally, the pressure process was developed by GE |
| been discovered in Canada, Russia, Brazil, and | | | | and, by major manufacturers, on a much larger scale. |
| Australia. | | | | There is also a cubic press system. |
| There are Synthetic Diamonds and Natural Diamonds. | | | | The newest process actually grows diamonds layer |
| There is something so special about diamonds, and | | | | by layer as a chemical process and is called Chemical |
| they are so valuable, that people have been trying to | | | | vapor deposition. |
| make them for a long time. | | | | This process allows many new uses for diamonds |
| Synthetic diamonds were first produced in 1953, in | | | | which in the past had previously been either too |
| Stockholm ,Sweden by ASEA ,Sweden's major | | | | expensive to implement or too difficult to make. |
| electrical manufacturing company. Pressure was | | | | The most important characteristic of CVD diamond |
| maintained within a device at an estimated 83,000 | | | | growth is the ability to control the properties of the |
| atmospheres for an hour to produce these diamonds. | | | | diamond produced. |
| It now seems that it is possible to make diamonds in a | | | | Diamonds are now being used to machine tools, |
| laboratory so perfect down to the same atomic | | | | especially for non-ferrous alloys. CVD diamond also |
| structure that DeBeers, the world's largest diamond | | | | has applications in electronics. Conductive diamond has |
| consortium, is running scared. | | | | been demonstrated as a useful electrode under many |
| And you know what, these diamonds can be made | | | | circumstances. |
| and sold at a profit. | | | | Diamonds are also being used as radiation detection |
| Apparently there are in Russia alone 5 laboratories | | | | devices. Diamonds also have uses as semiconductors |
| producing synthetic diamonds that have the same | | | | because the diamonds can be contaminated with |
| atomic structure as natural diamonds but with ONE | | | | impurities. |
| difference, they are too perfect. | | | | Diamond is the ideal material. It can be used in |
| They have the same characteristics as real diamonds, | | | | computers to run them at speeds that would melt |
| the same hardness, same conductivity, the same | | | | anything on the market today. |
| sparkle. | | | | Diamonds can also replace rubies to make lasers of |
| Different types of Synthetic Diamonds: | | | | extreme power. |
| 2 different processes are being used to produce | | | | Diamonds can be used as memory storage devices |
| Synthetic Diamonds: | | | | which could be so small as to allow a cellphone to fit |
| The oldest process uses pressure, lots of it, and | | | | into a watch and an iPod to store 20,000 movies. |