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