Scientists Squeeze Diamonds to Create an Even Harder Material
Diamond is one of the hardest materials known to man, but experts think it can be squashed into something even harder, according to indy100 news site. While it was previously thought to be one of the hardest materials because of its tetrahedral lattice, which is an incredibly rugged particle structure, experts have figured out a way to transform it into something even harder, it said. Physicists from the US and Sweden have come up with a simulation that is believed to be 30 percent more resistant to compression than diamonds.
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