Handbook of Industrial Diamonds and Diamond Films

by Mark A. Prelas (Editor), Galina Popovici (Editor), Louis K. Bigelow (Editor)

Examines both mined and synthetic diamonds and diamond films. The text offers coverage on the use of diamond as an engineering material, integrating original research on the science, technology and applications of diamond. It discusses the use of chemical vapour deposition grown diamonds in electronics, cutting tools, wear resistant coatings, thermal management, optics and acoustics, as well as in new products.

1232 pages, Hardcover

First published September 23, 1997

About the author

Dr Mark A. Prelas is an award-winning author whose works include numerous books, and articles in the fields of science, nonproliferation, energy, the environment, counterterrorism as well as the memoir, In the Time of Madmen. He was a Fulbright Fellow. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Nuclear Society. He received the TAAs Textbook Excellence Award. In the Time of Madmen is a @bookexcellenceawards Award Finalist! Check it out here: www.bookexcellence.com #bookexcellenceawards #bookboost #bookbuzz #bookmarketing #author #publisher #amwriting #authorRT
The book is also a Global Book Awards Silver Medalist, and a Southern California Book Festival Runner Up.