Instant diamond

David Jones

Nature, 1999, vol. 401, issue 6753, 544-544

Abstract: Both graphite and diamond can be found in single-crystal form, so Daedalus proposes to flip one crystal form into the other by explosive forming. His idea is to lay an explosive next to a carefully shaped piece of single-crystal graphite, then to detonate it. The shock-wave running through the graphite should collapse its lattice into the denser structure of diamond.

Date: 1999
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