Scientists grow diamonds from scratch in 15 minutes thanks to groundbreaking new process
Scientists grow diamonds from scratch in 15 minutes thanks to groundbreaking new process
Scientists have used a new technique to synthesize diamonds at normal, atmospheric pressure and without a starter gem, which could make the precious gemstones easier to grow in the lab.
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Similar conditions are employed in the method currently used to synthesize 99% of all artificially created diamonds. Called high-pressure and high-temperature (HPHT) growth, this method uses these extreme settings to coax carbon dissolved in liquid metals, like iron, to convert it to diamond around a small seed, or starter diamond.
Cool. I don't know how expensive this process is right now, but it seems cheaper to do, at least on mass production.
Edit: I wonder if they could make a tether out of this thing.
“Bender, be careful! Thats the ship’s diamond filament tether. It’s unbreakable!”
“Then why do I have to be careful?”
“It belonged to my grandmother.”
A tether for what?
For everything of course, from space exploration to clothing
Material science.
For a tether, I feel like you'd want something with a high tensile strength, like Kevlar or Zylon. Diamonds are very hard, but also brittle.