Synthetic Diamonds Essay

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Solids: Creating Synthetic diamonds Synthetic diamonds are lab made replications that are as real as any diamond found in the earth. They are most commonly used for industrial applications as they are generally harder than natural diamonds and are less commercially valued than natural diamonds. Synthetic diamonds have been in existence since the late 19th century yet only in recent modern times has the practice been perfectly for practical use. Synthetic diamonds are a made in a variety of ways. The two most popular methods are growing diamonds through chemical vapor distillation and also by use of heavy machinery to compress and heat carbon materials into their crystallized form. Chemical vapor distillation or CVD, is a process that uses a heated and pressurized chamber to grow a diamond in. The chamber is filled with a current of gasses (typically one carbon based and hydrogen as some) that are energized and provide conditions where diamond growth is possible by the settling of the carbon atoms inside. The other method which is known as HPHT, involves the use of heavy machinery to pound heat and pressurize raw carbon materials into diamonds. Both methods have been advanced in ways that makes it hard to distinguish between an earth made diamond and a lab created one. Liquids: How a Zamboni operates. The zamboni has been around since the early 1950s and since its introduction to ice rinks has been employed in nearly all of them to clean and resurface rough and cut ice after a game of hockey or ice skating. The zamboni works by a series of functions that fall into place together. Once the zamboni is deployed, it moves around the rink at a steady pace dragging a large blade along the ice part of the conditioner that shaves the top layer. The shavings are then picked up in an auger like device that fills into the machine. In front

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