Lab-made hexagonal diamonds are stronger than the real thing
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April 2, 20213 min read575 words
Published: April 2, 2021  |  3 min read575 words
Live Science is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. .Diamonds may be the strongest known natural material, but researchers have just created some stiff competition.By firing a dime-sized graphite disk at a w...
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April 5, 2021
My skeptical eye didn't find a single issue to distrust. Sure, there's a bit of whimsy—the idea that a diamond crystal that couldn't be made to stay intact for a whole second, even, might someday be a jewel—but there weren't any claims to worry about. In truth, my biggest worry is the junk ads about food not to fed your dog. They're bottom-fishing here. But the story itself looks O.K.
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April 3, 2021
Very interesting article about a lab-made diamond, comparing the aspects that made natural diamonds so unique, until now. I'm curious to see how much this fabricated one will cost.
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April 2, 2021
A very interesting look at how new science could create an even stronger diamond structure, which would have many different applications as the now strongest/hardest material known to mankind.
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