Chinese scientists make ‘super diamond’ 40% harder than real thing
Chinese scientists make ‘super diamond’ 40% harder than real thing - Material may find applications in machining, drilling, ...
Scientists engineer ultra-hard synthetic diamond from graphite
Most natural and synthetic diamonds feature a cubic lattice structure but there are rare exceptions. Lonsdaleite, for example, is a type of diamond that was first ...
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Silicon, Si
Silicon has the diamond cubic crystal structure with a lattice parameter of 0.543 nm. The nearest neighbor distance is 0.235 nm. The diamond cubic crystal structure has an fcc lattice with a basis of ...
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ZnS, Zinc Sulphide, Zinc Blend, Wurtzite
The crystal has a lattice parameter of 0.541 nm. The crystal structure is also known as diamond cubic and may be thought of as two interpenetrating fcc lattices, one for sulphur the other for zinc, ...