Scientists come closer to the industrial synthesis of a material harder than diamond

15 septiembre 2014

Researchers have developed a new method for the synthesis of an ultrahard material that exceeds diamond in hardness. The material is an ultrahard fullerite, a polymer composed of fullerenes, or spherical molecules made of carbon atoms.
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