This article is a summary of the keynote speech written by Dr. Chris Owers for the recent Intertech 2000 Conference in Vancouver. It makes a case for an effort to be made towards a better understanding of the economic...This article is a summary of the keynote speech written by Dr. Chris Owers for the recent Intertech 2000 Conference in Vancouver. It makes a case for an effort to be made towards a better understanding of the economics of diamond in industry——through the knowledge and experience of people within the industry and the education of others outside it——and looks at the future, both of traditional industrial diamond as a superabrasive and of `New Diamond’, which will find applications in areas which benefit from diamond’s unique combination of optical, thermal and chemical properties as well as its more well known mechanical ones. It is a fitting tribute to a man who spent over 30 years working in industrial diamonds and reflects the experience, knowledge and vision for which he was well known.展开更多
文摘This article is a summary of the keynote speech written by Dr. Chris Owers for the recent Intertech 2000 Conference in Vancouver. It makes a case for an effort to be made towards a better understanding of the economics of diamond in industry——through the knowledge and experience of people within the industry and the education of others outside it——and looks at the future, both of traditional industrial diamond as a superabrasive and of `New Diamond’, which will find applications in areas which benefit from diamond’s unique combination of optical, thermal and chemical properties as well as its more well known mechanical ones. It is a fitting tribute to a man who spent over 30 years working in industrial diamonds and reflects the experience, knowledge and vision for which he was well known.
