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US 8,506,920 B2Granted
Method for creating diamond dust via detonation of carbon dioxide and reducing agent combinations
OwnerDaren Normand Swansoninventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and formulation for the creation of a diamond-carbon bearing material of varying particle sizes. The material is a detonation by-product of explosive formulations that employ carbon dioxide as the oxidizing agent and a material, such as powdered magnesium, as the fuel for such detonation.
Claims10
A method for transforming carbon dioxide into diamonds via detonation comprising:
- a) preparing a detonatable charge comprising carbon dioxide (CO2) in either the solid or liquid state or a combination thereof and an effective amount of a reducing agent selected from the group consisting of powdered metal, atomized metal, powder metal alloy, atomized metal alloy or metal combination thereof capable of being oxidized by the CO2 so as to form elemental carbon as a byproduct wherein the charge has a neutral or positive oxygen balance calculated without including the carbon in the carbon dioxide;
- b) detonating the charge in an environment that protects the carbon byproduct from subsequent chemical decomposition, thereby oxidizing the reducing agent and producing a material that contains diamond;
- and c) harvesting diamond from the material produced by the detonation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.