If this could be done fairly cheaply, diamond would become a hugely important engineering material. Diamond would be an immensely strong structural material, for example, enabling the construction of much higher skyscrapers and longer bridges than current ones. Diamond might also be used for applications such as turbine blades, although the low toughness of diamond would need to be overcome. As the toughness of a diamond sample varies depending on the orientation of the sample, it may be possible to make high-toughness components from a diamond-based material (perhaps by having many thin layers of diamond, with each layer having a different crystal orientation to adjacent layers).
2007-02-01 23:43:39 · 2 answers · asked by martin48732 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
theoretically yes but the costing of such is somewhat prohibitive. best just to accept the restrictions placed upon us by our universe,eh?
2007-02-04 07:14:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ha ha ha ha ha !!
I'm sure De Beers would just LOVE to know how you propose to do it :-)
(check the reference below)
2007-02-02 04:38:27 · answer #2 · answered by Steve B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋