Dale in the lab with sky diamonds

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Dale in the lab with sky diamonds

Post by shpalman » Fri Oct 30, 2020 7:59 am

Ecotricity founder to grow diamonds 'made entirely from the sky'

Chemical vapor deposition of 'diamond-like carbon' is already a thing, by the way.
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Post by Opti » Fri Oct 30, 2020 2:49 pm

Yebbut ... these ones will be vegan :D
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Post by shpalman » Fri Oct 30, 2020 3:31 pm

Depends if you get the carbon dioxide from the atmosphere which has been exhaled by animals or not.
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Post by jimbob » Fri Oct 30, 2020 4:32 pm

CVD diamond is amazing as a thermal conductor. I was at a GEC site that used it in the 1990s and they had an open day. The demo was a wire coated in CVD diamond, and you could hold and slice though an ice cube just by melting it with the warmth of your thumb and finger
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Re: Dale in the lab with sky diamonds

Post by Gfamily » Sat Oct 31, 2020 1:06 pm

The claim to 'capture' carbon may be true, but it's definitely over-stated, as the carbon capture is negligible.

If producing 200 carats per month, it'll capture about as much as you produce driving half a mile in a car (assume 40mpg).

But the real comparison should be against mined diamonds, which I understand would use the equivalent of 140,000 miles worth of fuel to extract 200 carats.
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