Idaho National Laboratory: Diamonds vs. Coal - Discovery Could Help Fine-Tune Carbon Microstructure
July 02, 2020
July 02, 2020
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, July 2 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news on July 1:
Superheroes squeeze a lump of coal and turn it into a sparkling diamond - in comic books, anyway. There is some scientific validity to this fictional feat. Coal and diamonds are both composed of carbon. The two materials differ in their microscopic arrangement of atoms, and that leads to quite a difference in appearance, conductivity, hardness and other proper . . .
Superheroes squeeze a lump of coal and turn it into a sparkling diamond - in comic books, anyway. There is some scientific validity to this fictional feat. Coal and diamonds are both composed of carbon. The two materials differ in their microscopic arrangement of atoms, and that leads to quite a difference in appearance, conductivity, hardness and other proper . . .