A Gem to showcase royalty and witness of Millions of wedding around Globe. But Diamond is also one of the most rare and hardest elements on earth.
Let’s look at some basics facts and applications of diamond from the perspective of Mechanical Engineers.
- Although Diamond is a rare natural occurring element but first Industrial Diamond was made in 1955 synthetically.
- Diamond is the second form of carbon and have covalent bonded structure.
- Diamond is the Hardest known substance (8000 HK)
- Diamond have perfect crystalline structure and high electrical conductivity.
- When graphite is subjected to extensive hydrostatic pressure of about 14 Gpa or 2 Million psi and 3000O C, it can be synthetically manufactured.
- Gem Quality synthetic Diamonds are now developed which have 50 times higher electrical conductivity than natural one.
- Diamond can be found in both single crystal and polycrystalline form.
Industrial applications of Diamond
As a Mechanical Engineer we should know the right place to use right material. Diamond is extensively used in Industries and has many many applications. Some of them are mentioned below:
- Diamond is used as cutting tool material because of its hardenability in both of its form.
- Diamond is used for Glass cutting.
- Diamond is used as abrasive particle and dressing of grinding wheels.
- Diamond is used as coating material for cutting tools and dies
- Diamond is used for polishing other stones extracted from earth.
- Diamonds are used in electronic industries as well because of their high electrical conductivity.
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