Diamond ring

At 25°C and 1 atm, graphite is the stable form of carbon. Diamond, in principle, should slowly transform to graphite under ordinary conditions. Fortunately for the owners of diamond rings, this transition occurs at zero rate unless the diamond is heated to about 1500°C, at which temperature the conversion occurs rapidly. For understandable reasons, no one has ever become very excited over the commercial possibilities of this process. The more difficult task of converting graphite to diamond has aroused much greater enthusiasm. 

The SHS/DPIC of diamond- gradually dispersed TiB2/Si cermets was performed. In case of fixing diamond in cermet matrix, there are two methods. One is the physical fixing just like a diamond ring, and the other is the chemical fixing by covalent bond between diamond and metal in the cermet. In this work, we studied the latter system and considered that a metal carbide is very suitable as an interlayer to form the covalent bond.. There are many metals in periodic table to form the metal carbide. However, the... 

Scarlet outstretches her hand upon which is a small, delicate diamond ring. Miss Peach puts on her glasses. 

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To add one final item to the list of misconceptions about diamonds, let us quote a scientific blunder of Lieutenant Columbo. In the episode titled Ashes to Ashes, the legendary detective mentions to a mortician that nothing happens to the stone of a diamond ring during cremation. This would be true for most other precious stones, but not for diamonds. As it is made of carbon, it can bum and produces carbon... 

The quickest way to flatten a surface is by using a sintered diamond ring and an angle hand piece (Figure 4.64). 

We can also contrast Blue Nile, with its online retailing model for diamonds, with Zales, which sells diamond jewelry through retail outlets. Blue Nile has emphasized the variety of diamonds available from its website and the fact that its margins are significantly lower than its bricks-and-mortar competition. Customers, however, have to wait to get their jewelry and do not have any opportunity to touch and see it before purchase (Blue Nile does provide a 30-day return period, though). At Zales, in contrast, a customer can walk into the retail store, be helped by a salesperson, and leave immediately with a diamond ring. The amount of variety available at a Zales store, however, is limited. Whereas Blue Nile offers more than 90,000 stones on its site, a typical Zales store carries fewer than a thousand. 

In August 2006, under a new CEO, Zales started a transition to return to its role as a promotional retailer focused on diamond fashion jewelry and diamond rings. The transition involved selling nearly 50 milhon in discontinued inventory from its upscale strategy and an expenditure of 120 million on new inventory. As a result of the inventory write-downs, Zales lost 26.4 million in its quarter ending July 31,2006. 

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