Science
Scientists produce diamonds in minutes at room temperature – MINING.com
Researchers say that both Lonsdaleite and regular diamonds can form at room temperatures by just applying high pressures.
Natural diamonds are usually formed over billions of years, about 150 kilometres deep in the Earth where there are high pressures and temperatures above 1,000 degrees Celsius, Jodie Bradby, professor at The Australian National University and one of the authors of the study, said in a media statement.
The twist in this story is how we apply the pressure. As well as very high pressures, we allow the carbon to also experience something called ‘shear’ – which is like a twisting or sliding force. We…
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