On Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:38:30 -0600, Wildepad <noreplies> wrote:
:On Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:52:22 -0500, George W Harris
:<gharrus@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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:>On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 14:15:03 -0600, Wildepad <noreplies> wrote:
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:>:On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 00:45:00 -0500, George W Harris
:>:<gharrus@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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:>:>On Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:28:05 -0600, Wildepad <noreplies> wrote:
:>:>: (The
:>:>:power companies don't want it -- diamond dust plays havoc with the
:>:>:equipment.)
:>:>:
:>:>:What do you do with it?
:>:>
:>:> Burn it. At 1000 tons/day, I don't know how
:>:>much electricity you could produce, but I'll bet it's significant.
:>:
:>:It's very difficult to burn.
:>
:> It burns at about 1320 F in pure oxygen,
:>1500 F in normal atmosphere. Mix it with coal in
:>your plant and you won't have any problem.
:
:Diamond dust is extremely abrasive. Bearings would fail within hours.
:Nozzles would erode away even faster. etc. etc. etc.
That's why you don't grind it into dust before
burning. See those diamond rings people wear? The
stones don't crumble. Square cut or pear-shaped,
those stones don't lose their shape.
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