[Task to be Solved] One of the principal objects of the invention is to collect minute
diamond particles of D50 of 20 nm and smaller, by MICROTRAC UPA 150, in high precision and
high definition.[Means for Solving the Task] The minute
diamond particles of the invention are recovered by a method comprising:(1) joining or combining a hydrophilic functional group with a surface of
diamond powder that comprises particles of a primary particle size of 50 nm or less, so as to impart hydrophilic nature on the surface,(2) placing the hydrophilic diamond particles to hold in suspension in water to form a
slurry,(3) subjecting said
slurry to a hyper-centrifugal process at a
centrifugal force of 4×103 G and at the same time a centrifugal load product of 200×103 G·min. or more, in order to remove by depositing a fraction of coarser particles from the
slurry, said load product being defined as product of
centrifugal force, loaded, in G and duration of loading in minutes, where G represents the
gravitational acceleration constant;(4) adding cations to said slurry, whereby the diamond particles in suspension in the water are deposited.