The diamond is pure carbon, with the proviso that in the interior atoms are arranged in such a way that it is the hardest substance occurring in nature. Now, chemists have succeeded in creating an entirely new form of carbon, which is so hard, that during the process of creation of carved diamond anvil.
It is a mixture of crystalline and disordered structure. It consists of a frame of carbon-60 (or fulerytu - a substance, which in the future can extend our lives even twice). Then, in the space between the hollow spheres organic solvent xylene were introduced and the pressure was applied.
At low pressure fulerytu structure remained the same, but with the increase in the blank bullets were taken to form amorphous clumps of carbon atoms. Despite this, they remained in place, forming a fairly tight mesh.
The researchers found that after using the pressure 320,000 times greater than that which prevails on the surface of the Earth, the grid does not return to its original shape.
The key to success here is mainly used solvent - because after you remove the material loses its properties. And thus there is an additional possibility - there are a lot of similar products and use them instead of the solvent xylene can give a completely different material properties.
The researchers believe that the new material should be a wide range of applications in mechanics and electronics.
Source: tgdaily
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