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Pencil 'Lead' Mightier than Diamonds?

Posted by timothy on from the rapidograph-triumphs dept.

GuardianBob420 writes "Space Daily is reporting that a team of researchers has used a combination of extreme pressure and irradiation to alter the molecular structure of graphite -- resulting in a previously unobserved super-hard form of the stuff. From the article: 'The graphite that resulted from our experiment was so hard that when we released the pressure we saw that it had actually cracked the diamond anvil.'"

2 of 95 comments (clear)

  1. old adage by sidvishus9 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    blah blah blah pen is mighter than the sword blah blah blah

  2. Re:Hey, this is great! by dacarr · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yes, what you said. I *thought* it was like that...

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