Diamonds
Diamond is a solid form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure called diamond cubic. At room temperature and pressure, another solid form of carbon known as graphite is the chemically stable form of carbon, but diamond almost never converts to it. Diamond has the highest hardness and thermal conductivity of any natural material, properties that are utilized in major industrial applications such as cutting and polishing tools. They are also the reason that diamond anvil cells can subject materials to pressures found deep in the Earth. Because the arrangement of atoms in diamond is …
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UCP: University of Calgary Press · 15 November 2024 English
Andy Weaver led a life of quiet contemplation before becoming a father at the age of 42. Within three years he had two sons; two small, relentless disruptions to an …
scintillating diamonds, …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 25 October 2024 English
Between Composers unveils the previously unpublished correspondence between Canadian composers Norma Beecroft and Harry Somers from 1959 to 1960. The letters detail the downfall of their romance, trace their artistic …
concert ~ you can imagine those draped in mink and diamonds ~ However, I think my next ocean voyage will …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 16 October 2024 English
Providing a comprehensive understanding of how different countries are navigating the complexities of maintaining a robust mining sector, supplying the world with critical minerals, and reducing emissions from coal mining …
chromium; 30% for manganese; 9% for vanadium; 5% for diamonds; 4% for coal; 3% for gold, fluorspar, and iron …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 24 September 2024 English
CBC BOOKS CANADIAN FICTION BOOKS TO READ IN FALL 2024“With a lush, tropical setting, an entrancing protagonist, and swirling ghosts that guide and subvert, Gonzalez has crafted a darkly romantic, …
dressed by a talented costurera and adorned in real diamonds and jade. Rio Orosa said nothing as she placed …
FRHD: Freehand Books · 17 September 2024 English
A powerful debut novel about four young soldiers serving in Afghanistan, and the devastating aftermath of war. "An unvarnished, intimately informed dissection of war's physical and emotional derangements." – Omar …
stood from the table like he had Paul Simon’s diamonds on the soles of his combat boots.T W O By The … glass reflecting up from the water like casual diamonds. Woodsmoke rose from somewhere in the valley …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 September 2024 English
In lush and vivid poems, Cynthia Woodman Kerkham ponders the urgent question, What does water want? Whether as the body of a beloved lake, where people wrestle with the concerns …
Sagredo, in Galileo’s Dialogues Mesmerized by diamonds spouting free from a drinking fountain set in … In the Causeway Bay district, jewellers sell diamonds for many lumps of water.33 at tai o village, …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 10 September 2024 English
“A sumptuously written story about culinary ambition, restaurant-world vice, and the frailties of the heart.” — KEVIN CHONG, author of The Double Life of Benson YuRestaurateur Teo Wolf’s culinary fame …
clubs) were tour- ists. Les carreaux (tiles or diamonds) were locals. Les coeurs (hearts) were attractive …
Global Risk Institute in Financial Services · 8 August 2024 English
It requires that the outcome variable would have followed the same trend in Quebec and the rest of Canada in the absence of the reforms. [...] First, the slope of …
cohorts born between 1918 and 1929 in Quebec (blue diamonds) and ROC (red circles). The long- dashed lines …
CRRF: Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation · 29 July 2024 English
The Minister’s opening statement in the tourism strategy is that “We understand the importance of tourism as a pillar of our territorial economy: the industry is a critical source of …
production (gold, iron currently, potential for diamonds, copper, zinc, uranium and petroleum resources) …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 16 July 2024 English
As Udonwa grows, her hidden family history changes her forever.Let me tell you a story. It’s about a war. This war is not the type fought with guns and machetes. …
the stars; Iruama was never short of the sky diamonds. One star-gazing night, Jefferson had said he’d …