1. A liquid composition comprising an alcohol or mixture thereof in sufficient quantity to grow hair in an area of canine or feline skin wherein alopecia has occurred.
2. The composition of claim 1 wherein alopecia has occurred in a canine.
3. The composition of claim 2 wherein the canine hair has been clipped.
4. The composition of claim 2 wherein the alcohol is primarily ethanol.
5. The composition of claim 2 wherein the alcohol is about 80 to about 94 vol. % ethanol and about 6 to about 20 vol. % of methanol, isopropanol or a mixture thereof.
6. The composition of claim 2 wherein a portion of the stratum corneum of the skin has been removed.
7. The composition of claim 1 wherein alopecia has occurred in a feline.
8. A method for growing hair on the skin of a canine or feline having alopecia, which comprises applying to the skin of said canine or feline the composition of claim 1 in quantities and frequency sufficient to grow hair.
9. The method of claim 8 wherein alopecia has occurred in a canine.
10. The method of claim 9 wherein the canine alopecia occurs after the hair has been clipped.
11. The method of claim 9 wherein the alcohol is primarily ethanol.
12. The method of claim 9 wherein the alcohol is about 80 to about 94 vol. % of ethanol and about 6 to about 20 vol. % of methanol, isopropanol or a mixture thereof.
13. The method of claim 9 wherein a portion of the stratum corneum of the skin has been removed prior to application of the alcohol.
14. The method of claim 8 wherein alopecia has occurred on a feline.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. Polycrystalline diamond, comprising:
cubic diamond; and
hexagonal diamond,
a ratio of X-ray diffraction peak intensity of a (100) plane of said hexagonal diamond to X-ray diffraction peak intensity for a (111) plane of said cubic diamond being not lower than 0.01% and not higher than 0.5%.
2. The polycrystalline diamond according to claim 1, having rupture strength in a temperature range not lower than 800\xb0 C. and not higher than 1200\xb0 C., wherein the rupture strength in the temperature range not lower than 800\xb0 C. and not higher than 1200\xb0 C. is not lower than 90% of rupture strength at room temperature.
3. The polycrystalline diamond according to claim 2, having rupture strength in a temperature range not lower than 1000\xb0 C. and not higher than 1200\xb0 C., wherein the rupture strength in the temperature range not lower than 1000\xb0 C. and not higher than 1200\xb0 C. is higher than the rupture strength at room temperature.
4. The polycrystalline diamond according to claim 1, having hardness at 800\xb0 C., not lower than 80% of hardness at room temperature.
5. A scribe tool, comprising a tip end portion composed of the polycrystalline diamond according to claim 1,
said tip end portion having three or four points.
6. A scribing wheel, comprising a wheel composed of the polycrystalline diamond according to claim 1.
7. A dresser, comprising a tip end portion composed of the polycrystalline diamond according to claim 1.
8. A wire drawing die, comprising the polycrystalline diamond according to claim 1.
9. A nozzle, comprising an orifice composed of the polycrystalline diamond according to claim 1.
10. A grinding tool, comprising a grinding edge composed of the polycrystalline diamond according to claim 1.
11. A cutting tool, comprising a cutting edge composed of the polycrystalline diamond according to claim 1.
12. A rotary cutting tool, comprising a cutting edge composed of the polycrystalline diamond according to claim 1.
13. A wire guide, composed of the polycrystalline diamond according to claim 1.
14. A method of manufacturing polycrystalline diamond according to claim 1, comprising the steps of: preparing a non-diamond carbon material having a degree of graphitization not higher than 0.58; and directly converting said non-diamond carbon material into cubic diamond and hexagonal diamond and sintering the non-diamond carbon material, without adding any of a sintering agent and a binder, under pressure and temperature conditions at which diamond is thermodynamically stable.