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"In addition, Q-carbon is harder than diamond" I was under the impression diamonds were pretty much the hardest known material. If that's so, then I imagine th
by troels 11y ago
"In addition, Q-carbon is harder than diamond"
I was under the impression diamonds were pretty much the hardest known material. If that's so, then I imagine that this alone is the most significant part of their discovery?
- timlyo 11y agoHardest natural maybe, but not the hardest man made. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superhard_material https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superhard_material
- gnoway 11y agoThis is splitting hairs a little bit IMO. Diamond is the hardest material. We can make diamond synthetically that can be harder than naturally-occurring diamond, but it's still diamond.
- lexicality 11y agoAs is this - it's all just carbon in the end.