Well diamonds are certainly hard wearing, and in the case of a new water sensor under development, this property is being harnessed for monitoring heavy metals in lakes, rivers and other harsh aqueous environments. Research by Zoe Ayres at the University of Warwick into the use of a boron-doped diamond (BDD) electrode to detect and quantify heavy metals in aqueous environments has won the SWIG 2014 Early Career Researcher Competition. The BDD makes an ideal electrode material for electrochemical x-ray fluorescence because of its superior electrochemical properties as well as its x-ray transparency. The novel method under development is cheaper and simpler than the alternatives and shows huge potential.
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机译：好的钻石肯定是耐磨的，并且在开发新的水传感器的情况下，可以利用此属性来监视湖泊，河流和其他恶劣水环境中的重金属。华威大学（University of Warwick）的佐伊·艾尔斯（Zoe Ayres）研究使用掺硼金刚石（BDD）电极检测和量化水性环境中的重金属的研究赢得了SWIG 2014早期职业研究员竞赛。 BDD由于其优异的电化学性能以及X射线透明性，使其成为电化学X射线荧光的理想电极材料。正在开发的新方法比其他方法更便宜，更简单，并且显示出巨大的潜力。
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