Industrial Applications and Commercial Perspectives of Nanocrystalline Diamond
Due to its outstanding and unique properties, diamond is used in a multiple of industrial fields, ranging from mechanical, thermal, and optical to electronic applications. Since natural diamond is rare, expensive, and unavailable in desired sizes and shapes, the applications are fairly limited. High...
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Published in | Carbon-Based Nanomaterials and Hybrids pp. 169 - 184 |
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Format | Book Chapter |
Language | English |
Published |
Singapore
Pan Stanford
2014
Jenny Stanford Publishing |
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Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | Due to its outstanding and unique properties, diamond is used in a
multiple of industrial fields, ranging from mechanical, thermal, and
optical to electronic applications. Since natural diamond is rare, expensive, and unavailable in desired sizes and shapes, the applications
are fairly limited. High-quality natural diamond (colorless, flawless,
>0.01 carats) is evidently used for gemstones, whereas small stones
or stones having impurities and large inclusions are used in industry,
for example, in drilling, polishing, cutting, and sawing applications.
The estimated entire world’s production of mined natural diamonds
in 2009 was about 160 million carats (equal to 32 tons), with 71 million carats thereof accounted for in industrial use [1]. The extreme
hardness and high abrasion resistance of both natural and synthetic
diamond make it a widely used material in industrial machining.
Since synthetic diamonds cost from 15% to 40% less than naturallymined stones, it is not surprising that man-made diamonds account
for 90% of the industrial market nowadays [2].
This chapter presents industrial applications and commercial
perspectives of nanocrystalline diamond, with a focus on the
utilization in mechanical watch movements. Diamond deposition and
further processing concepts can be mostly adapted for application in
the tooling industry and for any wear-resistant surface. |
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ISBN: | 9789814316859 9814316857 |
DOI: | 10.1201/b15673-10 |