Diamonds are one of the rarest of elements found on Earth, with unique properties that make them the most valuable of elements. However, despite their uniqueness, they are made of Carbon, one the most abundant element on Earth and in the universe. A diamond is identical to Graphite (Fig 1), which can be produced and found in nature, except they have a different molecular structure (Fig. 2). So diamonds are not rare elements but have a very rare structure.
It is believed that diamonds are only formed in environments with extremely high temperature and pressure. That assumption is partly correct, but unlike fusion and fission, the energy required to transform graphite into a diamond is not stored in the diamonds or released when one is converted to another. It therefore means that the energy is not an essential requirement of the process and can be done away with. This is the purpose of this document to explain how we can bypass the extreme conversion process into a simple one.
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In 2000, when I came up with this method, there was no one making artificial diamond at that time. But since then a company has started making quality diamonds using a similar method to this. Interestingly they have made more yellow diamonds, which much rarer than clear ones. They described their method in a documentary which was made about them. For security reasons the reporter was blind-folded to keep the location of the factory a secret. It showed how they used a small vacuum chamber and bombarded the diamond seed with special gas (they kept the details a secret) and over a long time the diamond grew. I also realised the process they are using is slow and costly but the profit margin was high. The diamond experts compared their diamond with a natural one and could not tell the difference between them. However, the real diamonds come with certificates that certifies their origin so they artificial ones may be less valuable in the market. I have to hold some reservation for genuinely of that company. There might be a possibility that they did not make real diamonds as large as they claim.
Industrial diamonds have been artificially made for a long time but they have not managed to make jewellery quality diamonds yet. The industrial diamonds are not clear and they can only produce them in sheets, suitable for grinding and drilling machines.
Here I am showing a method to create diamonds artificially at low cost at around room temperature. I have not experimented, tested nor produced anything, so it is all a theory. The reason I am disclosing this method is to gain some recognition for investors to back my MOTE idea which I am keeping a secret until an investment has been made.
