Handbook of Industrial Diamonds - 9789814800600

Jenny Stanford Publishing

Handbook of Industrial DiamondsVolume 1, Superabrasives and Diamond Syntheses\nAuthor(s): James Sung\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Pan Stanford Publishing Pte Ltd, Singapore\nImprint: Pan Stanford Publishing Pte Ltd\nISBN-13: 9789814800600, 978-9814800600\nSynopsis\nEvery year, the world consumes more than 10,000 tons of diamond superabrasives, which are indispensable for fields such as construction, metals, ceramics, automobiles, semiconductors, computers, and cellular phones. In fact, the per capita consumption of superabrasives may be used as an indicator of a country's industrial activities.\n\nThis volume presents several aspects of superhard materials, especially diamond superabrasives and their manufacture, properties, and applications, and introduces several new designs of ultrahard materials that may be harder than diamond. It discusses diamonds connection with the origin of life, in particular, the origin of the first RNA. In addition, it throws light on the concept of diam.