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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. Hackers of the Future by SlashdotMirrorer · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Could it be that in the future, rather than having the typical bearded terminal hackers, we could all be hacking out physical solutions to real problems with nanotechnology? Wouldn't that be a great day :)?

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  4. 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...

  5. You're not fooling anyone. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Just an FYI

    1. 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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      Knightfall
  6. VILLAGE WOK (MINNEAPOLIS) SUCKS!!!~!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    village wok is a shitty chinese restaurant on washington ave. near the University of Minnesota.

    village wok serves 2-3 day old chicken.
    village wok serves shitty leftovers in the morning.
    village wok waitresses have perrenial morning sickness.
    village wok waitresses are not very nice.
    village wok tables have chewing gum under them.
    village wok serves stale, smelly fish with fuckin' HUMAN HAIR in it.

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

    I think you should end this now.

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

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

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