Diamond Powders

For those customers who have applications involving the use of dry diamond powder, Lapmaster offers three (3) types of diamond: Monocrystalline Synthetic (both resin and metal bond), Polycrystalline Synthetic, and Natural diamond powder.

Maintaining Lapmaster's high standard of quality, only premium virgin diamond is used for all applications.

Monocrystalline Synthetic

• Produced under high pressure and temperature
• Multifaceted sphere-cuboid shape for strength and efficiency
• Tough Monocrystalline structure with minimal friability
• General purpose applications
• Ivory in color

Natural

• Premium quality natural powder
• Normally less friable than synthetic
• Excellent thermal stability
• Recommended for harder materials, ceramic, various gemstones and glass
• White in color

Polycrystalline Synthetic

• Formed by explosive process-hardest of all diamond
• Fused Polycrystalline structure provides a unique cleavage under pressure
• Excellent surface finishes on very hard materials such as: sapphire, ceramic, ferrite and CVD diamond
• Black in appearance

Due to the varying characteristics and cost of the different types of diamond, Lapmaster will recommend the appropriate diamond type for your application