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Nitrogen 'Diamond' Created

Posted by michael on from the squish dept.

Sensible Clod writes "Researchers of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry have synthesized a new form of nitrogen, with a stucture like that of diamond. This was accomplished by means of a crushing force (>110 GPa) at extremely high temperature (2000 K), of course. The result, according to PhysOrg, is a very hard crystal with a lot of energy stored in it, which leads to the possibility of using it as a non-polluting fuel or high-explosive."

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  1. non polluting fuel my ass by Splork · · Score: 1, Redundant

    look at the amount of resources that had to be spent just to get it into this form!

  2. As a fuel? by dtfinch · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It takes energy to pack energy to release energy.