Diamond

Résumé du livre

Diamond, a mineral composed of pure carbon. It is the hardest naturally occurring substance known; it is also the most popular gemstone. Because of their extreme hardness, diamonds have a number of important industrial applications.In addition to being the hardest substance known to man, diamonds also have unrivalled thermal conductivity (100x better than copper) and inertness, which makes poor quality 'boart' diamonds ideal for a whole host of next generation technology uses today.