What are artificial diamonds?
artificial diamonds, albeit chemically identical to mined diamonds, are created by engineers in the laboratory. The introduction of large, feasible diamonds cultivated artificially began a heated controversy about the advantages, disadvantages and strategies associated with these new gems. Given that more people invest in growing diamonds, others are afraid of their impact on the international diamond industry. These gems are not fraudsters such as cubic zirconia, glass or quartz. Some prefer alternative names such as cultivated, adults, laboratory or artificial diamonds, similar to the words used for pearls. At the crystalline level there are no significant differences between dazzling gems that are based on the ground, and those based on the vacuum chamber in terms of cut, clarity or color.
Engineers have long been able to create small shards of diamonds for industrial industry use. Diamonds are the most difficult substances on the ground so they can easily cut metals. For this reason areIn an industrial saw, often equipped with split or dust diamonds. But only in 2004, companies announced their success in the development of methods of producing sophisticated diamonds large enough to be used on rings, necklaces, bracelets and other jewelry.
There are two reliable ways to create artificial diamonds sufficiently large for jewelry. One uses the "seed" of a smaller diamond and is added to further pressure and temperature with additional melted graphite (form of coal) until it is added to the crystalline structure and increases the seed. Another method, called chemical deposition of steam, CVD, creates a chamber where small pieces of diamond clots and condensation together, such as ice crystals, in layers to form a solid deposit. These samples can be easily colored and usually have no imperfections.
Certified geologists have difficulty in distinguishing mined diamonds from their producedcounterparts. Some people believe that the strict boundary between the origin of the stones is not important. Others argue that consumers want a real thing and will not settle for artificial, because it is not so special, valuable or traditional.
The other side points out that the monopoly on diamonds artificially inflated its value and contributed to the ideal monetary equivalents in the exchange of weapons and slave work. This perspective considers the sale of artificial diamonds as a humanitarian alternative.
It is also remarkable that even if artificial diamonds do not replace mined diamonds in jewelry, they will almost certainly replace silicon in microchips. This stone is very difficult to overheat or melt. Engineers are already developing another generation of super -fast computers using artificial diamonds.