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>Don't sell your coal mine stock yet, "It is still unclear if it could be used for efficient energy generation. It’s too early to tell." isn't graphene made fr
by jcfrei 15y ago
>Don't sell your coal mine stock yet, "It is still unclear if it could be used for efficient energy generation. It’s too early to tell."
isn't graphene made from coal? maybe this discovery might even further increase coal demand?
- DiabloD3 15y agoCoal is largely dirty (impure) carbon. Its easier to pull carbon out of thin air than refine it from coal.
- sp332 15y agoCoal is made of carbon molecules, and so is graphene. But then again so is diamond, and graphite (pencil lead). So it's not easy to convert coal->graphene (though it's probably not as hard as graphite->diamond :) https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Allotropes_of_carbon https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Allotropes_of...