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Thursday, August 2, 2007

Diamond Properties

Diamond distinguishes itself from other engineering materials by an impressive list of excellent properties:

Hardness
Low friction
Low adhesion to other materials
High thermal conductivity
Low thermal expansion coefficient
Wide (optical) transmission band
High refractive index
Chemical inertness
Bio-compatible
Radiation hardness
Electric insulator
Good electronic properties

1 comment:

Eco Friendly Diamonds said...

Thanks for enumerating all the properties. It is convenient to have all of them in a single list.