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Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Secret of ultra-hard graphite unlocked - physics-math - 06 November 2010 - New Scientist
Secret of ultra-hard graphite unlocked - physics-math - 06 November 2010 - New Scientist In 2003, an experiment suggested that graphite, which is normally soft, could become ultra-hard when compressed. Graphite squeezed between two diamond jaws at pressures of 170,000 atmospheres managed to produce a crack in the diamond. The atomic structure of the material remained elusive, however.
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