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Thursday, August 29, 2013

Using Diamond Particles



Diamonds are not just for beautiful women.  In fact I don’t think we would win favors if we were to give a lady a handful of the kind of diamonds I am thinking about.  She might think you were giving her a handful of grey ash from the wood stove. Further, if she sneezed she would cost you at least fifty bux.  Not good!
Of course I am talking about micro and even nanoscopic polycrystalline diamond particles which in pure form resemble a very dry grey powder.  This powder is used by various industries for cutting, grinding, polishing, and even superpolishing.  We are interested in the very last application.
There are several ways these little particles are used.  First they are put into different thick carriers to create custom compounds which are color coded to indicate average micron size and rated light, medium, or heavy.  These different weights have different prices.  Heavy being the most expensive.  Another way to use diamond powder is to create what is called a colloidal suspension.  This is like an extremely light compound made up mostly of water or some type of oil or hydrocarbon fluid with a detergent added to improve the suspension. Another use is to load different materials such as soft rubber-like polymers, or even different metals.  Another little trick involves binding particles with a glue to the surface of metals and plastic films.  One such application involves coating a 3 mil thick sheet of polyester film with different sized diamond particles making it possible to polish surfaces with just water.
The Diamond Clear Restoration System includes the use of all these applications.  It will grow over time as the technology for implementing the different applications becomes more varied and refined.

I have several reasons for attempting to go “all diamond”.  First I have had great success using diamond. Second it simply makes sense to me.  This is a particle that is so much harder than glass. It is also known to cut glass with ease.  Which is what polishing is all about.  Even superpolishing. Also the technology for creating nanoscopic diamonds is now quite common.  Brand new glass straight off the tin bath will have surface micropores about five microns across.  You could string fifty diamond particles (each being one hundred nanometers in size) from one side of a micropore to the other.
You will have difficulty eliminating abrasion haze if you use a three micron diamond particle.  Also a half micron diamond colloid will not effectively remove such a haze once formed. Further even though a half micron nano diamond will not leave a haze it is rather ineffective at removing stains.  From these simple facts it appears obvious that very specific techniques are required in using diamond to remove stains from glass.  This will be the subject of future research and product development. Which you will discover here first.  But only if you put your email address in the box to the right "Follow By Email".   

Written by Henry Grover Jr.

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1 comment:

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