After so many years of ruling the diamond industry, the De Beers have finally found their one true match brought about an unprecedented scientific advancement in making diamonds. These synthetic or lab grown diamonds are absolutely magnificent that it is being viewed to take over the monopoly of the De Beers.
What exactly are man-made diamonds?
Man made diamonds are artificially created diamonds. These diamonds are created through a process called CVD or chemical vapor deposition. In essence, the way this works is by enabling diamonds to grow one at a time in the for of crystals.
With the help of extremely high pressures and temperatures, the diamonds are able to achieve the kind of quality that real diamonds possess. In just a 12 hour time span, the diamonds will be able to grow into one full carat. This is a remarkable breakthrough considering that engagement rings only bear a diamond that’s less than one carat.
The main reason as to why this kind of progress was achieved was because of the interest that the jewelry industry has shown over the Ersatz’ variant of the 45 carat Hope diamond. In addition to that, scientists all over the world were also able to come up with new uses for artificial diamonds.
With the use of chemical vapor deposition, scientists will be able to mass-produce diamond semiconductors, which have turned out to be more than one hundred percent more powerful than silicon semiconductors.
Because of these promising results, a lot of scientists have shown their interest in the diamond industry. Researchers at the Apollo Diamond Inc. in Boston Massachusetts and Russell Hemley from the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington have so far created the largest and most unblemished
lab grown diamonds.
In addition to that, the Carbon Power Electronics consortium of Europe, which is led by Element Six, has created an artificial diamond diode. An artificial diamond diode is the initial step that needs to be done in order to come up with diamond semiconductors.
It is expected that within a few years, diamonds will already be greatly cheaper than natural diamonds. In addition to that, by year 2011, scientists expect diamond semiconductors to emerge in the market. Indeed, in the last 10 years, artificially made diamonds’ consistency and clarity have become absolutely flawless that they have surpassed the standards of real diamonds.
Along with that, the jewelry industry will also benefit significantly. The De Beers have become tremendously affected by these lab grown diamonds that they have engraved their logo on their diamonds to distinguish it from the artificial diamonds.
