Comments on: Sun Furnace May Vaporize Diamonds (Aug, 1931)

By: Zyzzyva

Zyzzyva — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:02:33 +0000

Interesting – but Humphrey Davy vaporized diamonds via a solar furnace (to prove they were made of carbon) back in 1813, so I’m not sure how this was news…

http://www.jstor.org/stable/228364 or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond

By: carlm

carlm — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:36:48 +0000

Great for getting rid of those giant ants from the Movie “Them”

By: beagledad

beagledad — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:29:59 +0000

Honey, where’s my ring? Have you seen it? Honey? Honey?

By: Michael Patrick

Michael Patrick — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:51:00 +0000

This sounds liket a James Bond 007 movie weapon.

By: slim

slim — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:57:37 +0000

Unfortunately, there was not a lot of call for turning diamonds into vapor.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:22:20 +0000

“Eighty per cent of the sun’s heat”

You mean world wide or just the amount hitting the lens?