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Carbon Nanotubes Harder Than Diamond

Posted by michael on from the man's-best-friend dept.

purduephotog writes "CDAC has announced the formation of a new form of hexagonal packed carbon similiar to diamond. Carbon nanotubes are compressed at 75 GPa and quenched. The new material is conclusively different via Raman Spectroscopy and both cracked and indented the diamond anvil used in its creation. CDAC is also known to have created via CVD the hardest diamond to date."

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  1. diamond dating by happyfrogcow · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    CDAC is also known to have created via CVD the hardest diamond to date.

    there's a joke in here somewhere, but my brain is mush right now.

    something about the difficulty in dating an inanimate object, i'm sure...

  2. Re:Interesting by Wolfkin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I think you should end this now.

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  3. Re:You're not fooling anyone. by Knightfall · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Wasn't trying to ... just being a little silly on a Friday afternoon.


    Dick.

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  4. Re:Interesting by irokitt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Believe me, you don't want to know...

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