Scientists Just Discovered a New Way to Transform Matter
Researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed a groundbreaking method to transform graphite into materials with ...
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From diamonds to rockets, mourning the dead has gotten high-tech
It’s gratuitous and extreme and wonderful: We can turn our ... inch on the graphite, gradually changing the molecular structure and transforming the carbon into pure diamond.
Sliding into novel materials: A new frontier in material science
Can copper be turned into gold? For centuries, alchemists pursued this dream, unaware that such a transformation requires a ...
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TAU Experimenting with Modern Alchemy: Can Copper Be Turned into Gold?
However, a more viable transformation, according to Prof. Moshe Ben Shalom, head of the Quantum Layered Matter Group at Tel Aviv University, involves reconfiguring graphite’s atomic layers by subtly ...
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Dead people and pets are being forged into sparkling blue diamonds - here's how the process works
Depending on how big a customer wants their diamond to be, it can take six to eight weeks in an HPHT machine to coax graphite to crystallize into a gem. "The larger the diamond, the longer it ...
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Chemistry in its element: carbon
Scientists took their inspiration from nature by noting the conditions under which diamond is formed naturally, deep under the earth's crust. They therefore used high temperatures (over 3000 o C) and ...
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Alfa Chemistry Enriches Its Syndiamond Materials: Diamond Micron Powder, Nanodiamond Powder, Cubic Boron Nitride Micron Powder Included
The polycrystalline version is also fabricated using a revolutionary process of directional blasting, turning graphite into a high-tough, high-self-sharpening diamond. These features are what make ...