Historically diamond is the hardest known substance. In the past the only improvements were made with high pressure on flat lapping plates with diamond dust as the abrasive. The MIKRONITE® system can smooth any geometric pattern and improve all sides simultaneously by eliminating fixturing. Synthetic and natural diamonds with mono or poly crystalline compositions are now able to benefit from the same tensile strength improvements formally limited to planer geometries. By using the MIKRONITE® process virtually limitless wear parts and novel tooling can now be fabricated with all the benefits of this material in its ideal and most robust form. In addition the thermal conductivity of diamond, as exponentially superior as its hardness, and its semiconducting characteristics represent many of the future uses of this once purely mechanical carbon phase. With the capability for thin films and natural "hardening" against radiation and electromagnetic forces, as well as mating geometries in heat sinks, diamond may soon be a significant player in defense circuitry.
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