Wednesday 31 March 2021

Lab-made hexagonal diamonds stiffer than natural diamonds

Nature's strongest material now has some stiff competition. For the first time, researchers have hard evidence that human-made hexagonal diamonds are stiffer than the common cubic diamonds found in nature and often used in jewelry.

source https://phys.org/news/2021-03-lab-made-hexagonal-diamonds-stiffer-natural.html