We used a multi-anvil apparatus for high-pressure synthesis 1. A pure polycrystalline graphite (99.9995%) rod was found to transform into a transparent, colourless phase in only a few minutes at ...

Using a diamond anvil to produce extreme pressures and the ultra-brilliant X-ray beams at the Advanced Photon Source in Illinois, scientists with the High-Pressure Collaborative Access Team (HPCAT ...

For comparison, synthetic diamond can be made using high pressures of just 50,000 times atmospheric pressure, but at 2732°F. M-carbon is extremely incompressible and hard, to the point where it ...

Mercury could have a thick underground layer of diamonds, scientists say. Some of the stones may have found their way to the surface, according to a recent study.

Carbon comes in many different structures, most famously graphite and diamond. Other forms were predicted to exist at extremely high pressures, but now researchers have examined carbon under the ...

A diamond is the result of pressing refined, pure graphite under high heat and pressure to mimic natural forces as closely as possible—typically the graphite is transformed inside a “growth ...

Posted: December 21, 2009: Graphite oxide at high pressure opens a road to new amazing nanomaterials (Nanowerk News) New results by scientists at Umeå University show that not only water but also ...

Converting graphite into diamond has been a long held dream of alchemists the world over. In the modern era, materials scientists have puzzled over this process because it’s hard to work out why ...

Diamond and graphite are both allotropes of carbon; their vastly different properties come down to the way the carbon atoms are arranged (Image: Materialscientist, used under CC 3.0 by-sa) ...

Washington, Dec 11 (PTI) Scientists have for the first time turned diamond into graphite using ultra-short flashes of an X-ray laser. - Diamond turned into graphite using X-rays ...