Synthetic diamond with hexagonal lattice outshines the natural kind with unprecedented hardness
A team of physicists, materials scientists and engineers affiliated with several institutions in China, working with a ...
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"Super Diamond": World's Hardest Material Synthesized In Chinese Laboratory
In 1891, examining a meteorite in Canyon Diablo, Arizona, scientists reported finding "hard particles" within it. Later, in ...
40% harder Than natural diamonds: Chinese scientists synthesize ‘super diamond’
The synthetic hexagonal diamond exhibits high thermal stability up to 1,100°C and a hardness of 155 GPa, promising ...
Scientists engineer ultra-hard synthetic diamond from graphite
Most natural and synthetic diamonds feature a cubic lattice structure but there are rare exceptions. Lonsdaleite, for example, is a type of diamond that was first ...
What is Super-Diamond & how it was created? Its Significance & Industrial Scientific Applications
Chinese scientists have successfully developed a high-quality “super diamond” in the laboratory, exhibiting a hardness far ...