Talk:Diamond dust
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Hi, questions after reading the article:
- what is "dynamic arrest"?
- are there exclusive antarctic conditions that allow diamond dust only to appear there?
- what's the difference bewteen diamond dust and ice clouds? if they are the same, and ice clouds aren't unusual, then isn't it a contradiction to state that diamond dusts are unusual?
--69.212.100.126 08:48, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- (William M. Connolley 09:09, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)) Not sure about the DA bit: I think its a ref to the fact that water supercools in the atmos and ice clouds don't form till it gets really quite cold: I suspect DA is the point at which supercooling always breaks down.
- AFAIK there is no real diff between DD and IC, apart from DD being near the ground and very thin. But I'm not sure. DD is not at all unusual in the ant; it is elsewhere.
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- Thanks for the clarification. I changed the article to now mention that it's a near ground phenomena, and tried to add what I think DA means, in my own words. I'm sure I butchered it so if anyone wants to write it more elegantly by all means. --69.212.100.126 09:16, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)
--Junglejob 22:18, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC) Interesting article but wrongly positioned: this kind of "diamond dust" is not an abrasive. But real diamond dust or powder is used as sanding or polishing media and would need a specific article.
[edit] Aside
Mildly interesting side note, clearly not worth putting in main article- Diamond Dust is the name of an ice based spell in the Playstation game Final Fantasy VII, which features a cloud of ice shards forming around and damaging your opponent. Sorry- I'm both a geographer and a gamer! Coyote-37 5 July 2005 12:33 (UTC)
[edit] What about diamond dust?
I actually came looking for information about the manufacture and applications of diamond dust (i.e., powdered diamond). Rather surprised there wasn't at least a link to such an article, much less a disambig. 71.11.242.156 17:42, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
Me too! Could be v. useful
