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It’s why we are all here. It is why I am here, why you are here… why others have come here before you. They all want to know about the man that says that he can make diamonds from CO2.
CO2 = Carbon Dioxide, everyone’s favourite green house gas. The debates rage on around us… global warming? No global warming? How are we, the people, expected to know what the truth is when there are a thousand variations of it? I personally do not know what any of this weather variation stuff means… but we do have a lot of CO2 kicking around this planet. Maybe it’s not a problem, but it sure couldn’t hurt to do some good with it.
So I spoke to the originator of the Envirodiamond Dust Project, Mr. Daren Swanson, ”Daren, can’t we just take the carbon out of the CO2 and stack it somehow?” And Daren looked at me in surprise and said “Actually yes… and you know, when I think about it… I think we could turn that carbon into diamonds.”
“Ok,” I said, “why don’t you take that magic wand you’ve got sticking in your ear (and no I did not actually say ear) and make diamonds.”
So he said “Ok,” and then created the plan and the designs needed to test an explosives formulation using CO2. While detonating, the oxygen molecules are pulled away leaving carbon behind in the wake of a high pressure shock wave, pressurizing the carbon into diamond. Voila, the end result is actually diamond dust. Otherwise known as Industrial Diamonds.
Industrial diamond dust is a billion dollar industry, which brings me back to why we are here. Some of us are here because we are concerned for our environment and some of us are here because… we’re making money from making diamonds. Not only that, we are using an explosives formulation to make it. How cool is that? I am positive some of you are here because of the opportunity to blow something up, legally. You may not realize it, but there’s a huge market for diamond dust created through an explosive process.
In fact, I know all about the market for synthetic diamond dust and that the competition makes it through an explosives process. Explore the site and see what this is all about. If you still have questions, feel free to contact ETI and we’ ll be happy to answer them!
Lisa Nicole
