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New Material Harder Than Diamond

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the thats-one-gem-thats-hard-to-imagine dept.

h4x0r-3l337 writes "Diamond is no longer the hardest substance known to man. Scientists have created a new material, called "aggregated diamond nanorods" by compressing carbon-60 under high heat. From the article: 'The hardness of a material is measured by its isothermal bulk modulus. Aggregated diamond nanorods have a modulus of 491 gigapascals (GPa), compared with 442 GPa for conventional diamond.'"

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  1. Re:Diamonds =/= Diamonds? by Cygnus78 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yes this article is redundant, diamonds are still the hardest.

  2. Re:Borazon by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    "Borazon [wikipedia.org] synthetic material be harder than diamond."

    Whatchu talkin' 'bout Willis?!? Be it harder than diamon'? Y'all be shittin' me, mutha fucka!!

    I-ight, nigga gone.