7 Surprising Uses For Diamonds

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7 Surprising Uses For Diamonds

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Diamonds are usually seen atop an expensive engagement ring, but these precious rocks hold more worth than you think.
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How These Microscopic Diamonds Are Going to Shape the Future
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“No doubt you're already familiar with the many ways graphene promises to save us all, but there's another (so-called) miracle material out there vying for your attention-and it's sparkly, to boot. Say hello to the latest and greatest substance to kick science's ass straight into the future: the nanodiamond.”
Molecular-sized fluorescent nanodiamonds
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“Here, we show that isolated diamond nanoparticles as small as 1.6 nm, comprising only ~400 carbon atoms, are capable of housing stable photoluminescent colour centres.”
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@Zandonus 8 жыл бұрын

A diamond fucking CPU heat sink? Fuck yes i want one.

@TraceDominguez 8 жыл бұрын

+Zandonus SAME.

@2awesome292 8 жыл бұрын

there are diamond thermal pastes, heat sinks are usually for very very small chips because large diamonds are still expensive and they usually only make flat or fancy shaped ones, not heatsink fins

@Warxoth 8 жыл бұрын

You can make diamonds out of ashes, wear em into the battlefield.

@MoonBeamLaser 8 жыл бұрын

A shining light to our brothers in arms; even in death, we are Diamond Dogs!

@boglenight1551 8 жыл бұрын

I do not see how seeing as ashes are made of potassium not carbon.

@BasfarThijsje 8 жыл бұрын

+Boglenight haha what?!

@boglenight1551 8 жыл бұрын

Matthijs Somers nevermind, just realized how much of an idiot i was.... ash is 55% carbon.

@Warxoth 8 жыл бұрын

Boglenight >.< Just just JUST, play mgs5.

@TheEpicphale 8 жыл бұрын

So i cannot power my freeze cannon with these?

@ChibisOnTheLoose 8 жыл бұрын

+BatCow You can, you just need to find an effective way to do that, and since noone else will know it, you'll be able to take over the world

@TraceDominguez 8 жыл бұрын

+BatCow COOL OFF.

@LETHALF90 8 жыл бұрын

I GET THE REFERENCE! Zack and Cody for those who don't know

@HaydenLau. 8 жыл бұрын

Dude, you should chill out

@OZYMANDI4S 8 жыл бұрын

+BatCow Let me break the ice for you. No you cant

@unknowngamer7325 7 жыл бұрын

What kind of cpu cooler do you have? Diamond Heatsink

@mads1847 8 жыл бұрын

I love how Trace is always so excited about the topics he talks about

@jackb3092 8 жыл бұрын

To clarify- diamonds don't have a Melting point as they sublime, but their sublimation point is higher than expected. Also all bonds are just shared electrons, but diamonds have shorter lengths which mean they are harder to break and a lattice structure makes them very resistant to bond breakages.

@cloejarozenski3097 8 жыл бұрын

Trace wears the best T-shirts.

@TraceDominguez 8 жыл бұрын

+Cloe Jarozenski thanks :D

@cloejarozenski3097 8 жыл бұрын

I didn't know you had your own channel! ❤

@weirdface3838 8 жыл бұрын

+Trace Dominguez me too i will sub to you

@SMVvids 8 жыл бұрын

+Cloe Jarozenski I need the one he's wearing in this video.

@cloejarozenski3097 7 жыл бұрын

Holy crap this thread is old!

@basicnpcc 8 жыл бұрын

Only problem with graphene, its currently very hard to produce. I went to a presentation on it at my college and apparently the way that it is currently produced, basically growing it by depositing carbon on a copper sheet, disturbed the structure of the material and therefore most of its sought after qualities. So until they figure that out, it can't be mass produced.

@vova12 8 жыл бұрын

+God Gabe and whoever finds out how to mass produce it will be very very rich

@basicnpcc 8 жыл бұрын

My god status isn't just a title

@basicnpcc 8 жыл бұрын

+Kappa Master If you scream "I AM YOUR VASSAL GOD GABEN" three times. I also spoke to RNGesus and your chances will increase if you give a sacrificial offering of 100 kills in any game to me.

@Scattertom 8 жыл бұрын

+God Gabe I heard once that the main thing preventing the use of graphene in computers is that it conducts _too well_ Apparently our sensors aren't quick enough and it all just comes out as an endless stream of 1 Fun fact.

@MilitantAntiTheist 8 жыл бұрын

+God Gabe Apparently they have. I remember reading an article about it recently, where intel solved the problem by dissolving the copper sheet while using it to build experimental CPU's.

@tonkapoplol 8 жыл бұрын

diamonds are not even rare, they are just sale controlled

@ixon4330 3 жыл бұрын

Like guns!high 5! Vote Trump!

@Spyderz-xo9rz 2 жыл бұрын

Dude I was gonna say the same same thing. Debeers controls like 80% if not more Supply and demand.Its because they are shiny.Notbto mention MARKETING. "A diamond is forever" campaign wow.Talk about a home run when it comes to marketing.Today a diamond is forever until she walks out the door and it ends up in a pawn shop or in the lake hahahahaha

@hoangtran4736 7 жыл бұрын

Wait, diamonds are not electrically conductive but is the best thermally conductive solid known to man? Well ever since the early days of thermal paste, some manufacturers have tried mixing grinded metals to their thermal paste to increase the thermal conductivity. But it also has a bad side effect of being electrically conductive so if you over apply it on your heatsink, you risk it touching the contacts on the mobo and frying your board. Now, we can grind artifically created diamonds to mix them in with thermal paste to increase thermal conductivity without the risk of frying your shiny new mobo and cpu.

@vavakxnonexus 8 жыл бұрын

3:00 Nanodiamonds, son.

@tikytak21 8 жыл бұрын

he used Celsius. HOOOOOOOOOOORAY

@TraceDominguez 8 жыл бұрын

+Atiq Hakken Just for you! ;)

@DanielLopez-he2fq 8 жыл бұрын

+ trace you guys should do an episode on why America should switch to the metric system it's dumb for us to want to use completely different measurements

@tikytak21 8 жыл бұрын

Trace Dominguez This is a great day indeed.

@Ic-gq6lv 5 жыл бұрын

???

@ThisGuyFrritz 8 жыл бұрын

Many good uses! Including styli for turntables!

@samuelhiminbjorg3467 8 жыл бұрын

how amazing carbon is, graphene, carbon nanotubes, diamond, the basis for life on our planet. It's amazing how just one element can have so many different amazing uses!

@Yonatan24 8 жыл бұрын

Diamonds act as great heatsinks. Yes, if you have billions of dollars. Hmmm...

@Xanderqwerty123 7 жыл бұрын

Yonatan24 Industrial grade diamonds can be made pretty cheaply, all things considered. It might be more affordable than some common methods of cooling if it was well supported.

@BloodyRainRang 7 жыл бұрын

As Xan said, industrial made ones are cheap and will become even cheaper over time, so in a few years we might get actual diamond heat sinks, but before that we will have a lot of fake shit because that's how we roll.

@ElectrofizzStudiosCo 7 жыл бұрын

Probably cheaper than you'd think. It'd be like normal thermal paste but with diamond dust in it, and diamond dust is much much much cheaper than pretty diamonds because they are made from ugly diamonds that are not worth anywhere near as much

@luisff7030 7 жыл бұрын

You can buy the equipment to make a heatsink diamond. It will be much cheaper than order a company to make one for you.

@ixon4330 3 жыл бұрын

Best use of diamonds is to give pleasure...and receive, like diamonds dildos! They're the best! Vote for Trump!

@marmar-agar4753 6 жыл бұрын

7 more suprising uses for diamonds 1. craft diamond sword 2. craft diamond pick 3. craft diamond axe 4. craft diamond shovel 5. craft diamond hoa 6. craft diamond armor (armour if french) 7. if u have 9 diamonds u can a diamond block

@ironcityblue 8 жыл бұрын

According to the forums real light sabers are like 5-7 years away and diamonds will be obsolete for cutting by then, as well as replace the common engagement ritual.

@superalibros 8 жыл бұрын

I always wondered if we could mix colloidal gold or silver with graphene and nano diamonds we could make a ultra fast computer with a transistor 10 nm because current transistors are 128 nm

@yaaehFAN 8 жыл бұрын

I would loove to have these episodes on a poddcast! please keep it up, huge fan!

@boglenight1551 8 жыл бұрын

I love cubic zirconia, they have just as much beauty as diamonds do and yet i can buy them in bulk.

@zukodude487987 8 жыл бұрын

Funny how Trace looks younger on an older video.

@ytim08 8 жыл бұрын

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@DJPacoRamirez 8 жыл бұрын

+zukodude487987 lmfao

@ytim08 8 жыл бұрын

Paco Ramirez k

@Toronjaaccess 8 жыл бұрын

nIgGa

@rawstarmusic 8 жыл бұрын

+zukodude487987 A future video can not be presented yet. The older the video the younger he gets. In old videos that his parents have he has not been born. This is how we can travel in backwards in time.

@aleg.a1895 8 жыл бұрын

Diamonds are AWESOME:)

@shanrosen507 8 жыл бұрын

At this point I'm not really even watching these videos for the scientific information (which is still awesome) but mainly for Trace's commentary & his attempt at joke-making. Good job Trace👍🏽

@AdidasCL4SS1CS 8 жыл бұрын

JUMPMAN JUMPMAN JUMPMAN

@mr.sobota7110 8 жыл бұрын

Loved the video. Showed it to my 6th graders and they ate it up!! BTW, from a drama director's perspective- Trace is doing a great job of script writing and delivering the content. Anyone who can hold the attention of a 12 year old had it down!!

@dhiasofea931 4 жыл бұрын

Diamond truly is unbreakable

@zappaguina7559 4 жыл бұрын

Diamonds are the best friends of : Miners Builders Engineers Farmers Survivors PvPers

@Andre-gn4sj 4 жыл бұрын

I guess the farmer needs 2 diamonds and 2 sticks?

@LNasterio 7 жыл бұрын

I never knew my university had such research on practical use of diamonds... learnt something new!

@Ebwr1973 8 жыл бұрын

3:30 "yeahhh nano diamonds!!!"

@dingdong6186 8 жыл бұрын

Diamonds are everyone's best friend

@AEther0238 8 жыл бұрын

Wow. When I learned diamonds were intrinsically worthless I thought they were completely worthless. Apparently not.

@maxmaidment96 8 жыл бұрын

Need to get a diamond heat sync for my pc

@dreadwhite6633 8 жыл бұрын

BOOM! Diamonds!

@Sweenus987 8 жыл бұрын

Seeing as diamonds are used in a lot of industrial tools, does that mean, when graphene becomes easy enough to mass produce, we could see tools using that instead?

@ShawnRavenfire 8 жыл бұрын

The latest electronics combined with the latest bling.

@sontoro2521 7 жыл бұрын

"Take a look at this Really? ...really old video of me" lol the awkwardness

@soundlyawake 8 жыл бұрын

did I mention I have a crush on Trace

@weirdface3838 8 жыл бұрын

Are you a boy?

@Wormost 8 жыл бұрын

+soundlyawake gay

@madingdong9909 8 жыл бұрын

haa gaye

@sweetsyfly1252 8 жыл бұрын

It's normal, we all have crushes, I know you're a male but meh XP

@cosmix02 6 жыл бұрын

Same and yes I'm a boy

@BINGUSMAN12888 8 жыл бұрын

8. Not scattering sorrow to the heartless sea.

@waltermarlin1730 8 жыл бұрын

Scientist created a new material that is a graphene and diamond hybrid. This material has unique property being that graphene diamond is extremely viscous or slippery. When this material is wet it loses its viscosity.

@thetacticalbanana6061 8 жыл бұрын

I just want to find a girl that will accept my Netflix password or a tub of ice cream as a token of courtship

@tacticalnewfie2922 8 жыл бұрын

They are also extremely abundant, and worth fuck all... Other then its strength, its another stone.

@tacticalnewfie2922 8 жыл бұрын

...and fuck chemo.

@raidenprotecterofearthreal7909 8 жыл бұрын

I heard that sometime in the future they are going to release loads of diamonds into space in earths atmosphere to keep the earth cooler.

@Dyldayas24 8 жыл бұрын

Where the fuck did you hear that bullshit

@raidenprotecterofearthreal7909 8 жыл бұрын

On this news thing called flipboard. It says that the diamonds will reflect the sunlight and keep the earth cooler.

@raidenprotecterofearthreal7909 8 жыл бұрын

+Guy Fawkes Thats what I seen. I never said that shit would work

@boobsftw553 7 жыл бұрын

The internet wouldn't lie.

@hvanmegen 8 жыл бұрын

How about diamonds used in quantum computers? :)

@luisff7030 8 жыл бұрын

0:53 - People love diamonds because of the high value. For the jewelry, it's possible to do a similar effect with plastic. Without the high value of the diamonds, the people wouldn't give so much importance if someone give or lost.

@MYNAMEISE4RL 8 жыл бұрын

What a time to be alive

@arcvalles5408 6 жыл бұрын

Finally diamonds have some use. Not just being a useless stone on a ring

@bakex26 Жыл бұрын

When he says mastedon and saber-tooth cats i though he will morph as power ranger. 🤣🤣🤣

@zachos-un6py 7 жыл бұрын

how much does a diamond cost to make (in a lab) i mean theyre all the same and you said they werent that rare, like how much are we talkin? $400-$800? or more?

@zachos-un6py 7 жыл бұрын

and how much does graphine cost?

@nonchalantd 8 жыл бұрын

love his enthusiasm

@somemusician3832 7 жыл бұрын

So what would the Crystal gems do after they shatter the Diamond Authority

@trulyinfamous 6 жыл бұрын

That's why I'd rather chemically form a ring or make one similarly to the one Cody'slab made.

@S1000RR11 8 жыл бұрын

The graphene vid is the first d news i ever watched and therefor subscribed....

@eriknydam1843 8 жыл бұрын

I use diamond blades for my job, they're kept under lock and key and most are kept off site.

@immortalwarrior2695 6 жыл бұрын

Diamond + Titanium = Armor for your spaceship

@deisisase 8 жыл бұрын

What happened to Graffine Batteries? Why don't we have them yet?

@Angelofdeth20 8 жыл бұрын

diamonds are badass

@scrollsung 8 жыл бұрын

Shoulda played diamonds dancing in the background

@Pluralizeent 8 жыл бұрын

Throwback to old Trace

@SystemRichie 8 жыл бұрын

Diamonds aren't even rare. Businessmen control the diamond market by releasing a few onto the economy per year. Thus keeping the price at a certain level.

@jessetheskaterkid13 8 жыл бұрын

yup haha

@umerstar 8 жыл бұрын

Yes everyone has watched blood diamonds

@Dyldayas24 8 жыл бұрын

+umer salim cracked did a video about the diamond monopoly

@SugarAndRainbows 8 жыл бұрын

the diamond conspiracy was proved to be true. there's a company called DaBeers that monopolizes the production of diamonds and only allows a small amount to be released every year to make people think it's hard to get and thus charging the crap out of everyone for money

@Vionbringer 8 жыл бұрын

I'm ready for a CPU heat sink! #DiamondsGetAround

@jiohnne 8 жыл бұрын

Diamonds for a PC heatsink?

@2awesome292 8 жыл бұрын

only if you have hundreds to spend and don't need heatsink fins...

@Ic-gq6lv 5 жыл бұрын

y r yall watching a science video outside of school

@yeah9071 8 жыл бұрын

Diamonds are grown in a vacum and That kind of dimond is far stronger than regular diamonds.

@Utuberd0 8 жыл бұрын

The ones grown in labs are more perfect than the real ones. Which makes them less valuable. Buts it's better for industrial use.

@2awesome292 8 жыл бұрын

just like "character" in old houses, makes it more valuable because all the walls aren't square, if you want to put up drywall or flooring or plumbing you have a crap ton of cuts to do

@dankerlordx2884 8 жыл бұрын

Can we mix diamonds with steel, Kevlar and Golden Orbweaver silk to make the strongest armor in existence?

@4m4n40 8 жыл бұрын

A diamond bullet would be nice.

@legham21 8 жыл бұрын

That's a great Idea because sola panels are not expensive enough just yet.

@IamGrimalkin 7 жыл бұрын

Industrial diamonds can be natural, too. Most industrial diamonds are synthetic; but most natural diamonds are industrial. It's just there is more industrial demand for diamonds than the amount of diamonds that are mined, so synthetic diamonds are needed to make up the shortfall. What I think you mean is gemstone-quality diamonds, which are usually natural but don't necessarily have to be.

@ShaunVillafana 3 жыл бұрын

Last thing I want is for BigPharma to have more ways to pass chemicals through the blood-brain barrier. Not like they've ever taken responsibility for all the other chemicals they've put into people which pass through the blood-brain barrier.

@ShivRam-cv4ej 2 жыл бұрын

Certified artificial dimond club with gold jewelry may be a new vertical

@genarovalles2023 8 жыл бұрын

Show videos of them in use

@idklol9899 8 жыл бұрын

Yay! you kind of said Melbourne correctly!

@daxxonjabiru428 8 жыл бұрын

I experience 'spermionic' emissions, so I am like a precious gem.

@shintsu01 8 жыл бұрын

lol so next we have a diamond based solar panel on the imac cover :D great marketing potential!

@AtomicEy 8 жыл бұрын

Graphene body armor can't wait

@cortster12 8 жыл бұрын

The most surprising use for diamonds is how they get sold for many times their base price as overpriced human decorations.

@seemorebutts9444 8 жыл бұрын

could too many nano diamonds cut tissue while inside of us? causing lesions or other issues though?

@RedLeader327 8 жыл бұрын

Diamonds: way more useful than DeBeers would like you to believe.

@invisghostie6204 8 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't want diamond deposites in my DNA unless it's super powers

@Herfmonster 7 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Turntable Styluses.

@KorawichKavee 8 жыл бұрын

" diamond are britttle " should be mention in this clip.

@TEJAREDDYSOLIPURAM 8 жыл бұрын

Love You +DNews 😍

@cedricvireynato5951 2 жыл бұрын

The future for the cure of the incurable, nano-diamond bots

@IJustFarted69 7 жыл бұрын

can you use plasma to make diamonds

@manchikantikarthik8637 6 жыл бұрын

In all d news , Trace is good speaker ....

@deeshannongarrison5115 8 жыл бұрын

As I'm looking at my phone with it's 43% battery life, he says charge your phone in 5 seconds. WHERE DO I SEND THE MONEY?

@ItsGroundhogDay 8 жыл бұрын

I thought this was going to be an ad for Kay Jewelers.

@anime130 8 жыл бұрын

Do a video on how carbon can be extracted from the air

@yunthi 8 жыл бұрын

+no0dles130 by planting a tree. and using solar power to grow it. other than that, it takes more energy to extract carbon from the air than burning fossil fuels makes. in short, its better to use whatever you are using as a power source for the process to replace existing coal plants, than to first burn coal for power and then use more of the alternate power to separate the oxygen and carbon from the co2. or at worst use coal power plant to power the process that removes coal from the air ^^.

@jouss955 8 жыл бұрын

are they better than graphine? for termal conduction. but they lose heat right. with graphine you get in point a, so much heat as in point b

@XCerykX 7 жыл бұрын

Now these are proper uses for diamonds. Using them in jewelry when there are better looking stones for lower prices is just wasteful.

@carzrules123 8 жыл бұрын

If diamonds are so strong that they can be used to cut pretty much anything then what is used to cut the diamonds?

@Statistica101 2 жыл бұрын

Another bigger diamond..

@andreweasty 8 жыл бұрын

i know your not from Australia but Melbourne is pronounced Melbin and diamonds are pretty cool

@Doping1234 8 жыл бұрын

No, steel is one of the things you cannot/should not cut with diamonds (at least not for long)! Due to heating the carbon will dissolve in the steel and your diamonds are gone