what black carbon compressed to a diamond? how much compresion wil that take , man amazing.
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Where is all the carbon coming from
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dextrous
Quite a lot. Remember watching Horizon about it years ago. The problem is making the compressor- since diamonds are the hardest known substance, then how do you find something strong enough to crush carbon to that degree without it damaging the plates around it and with sufficient force?
That was the problem for many years, which they have somehow resolved to extent that they can manufacture enough of it for commercial and industrial usage.
That was the problem for many years, which they have somehow resolved to extent that they can manufacture enough of it for commercial and industrial usage.
somehow i don't believe it'l be like the true diamonds created naturally.
some things in nature you can't emulate however hard you try, but scientist's try to get somewhere close.
some things in nature you can't emulate however hard you try, but scientist's try to get somewhere close.
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EddieM
Synthetic gem grade diamonds have been possible for years. The diamond trade is simply a DeBeers cartel. Diamonds are not even particularly rare.
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They are in my house, and will continue to be so until such time that I am advised otherwise
you get worse lolyou mean it doesn't existThen what am I looking at?
diamonds are carbon
So do birds and planes, and they're heavier
I think it isn't quite complete - there's some empty spaces which need filling
Bit like Big Brother thenanother example of ill informed trivia
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we are carbon based, and were gonna die
We 'were' ?? Oh sh i t so we get to live forever then?
I hope you meant 'we're' !
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I refer you to Gullivers travelswe are carbon based, and were gonna die
We 'were' ?? Oh sh i t so we get to live forever then?
I hope you meant 'we're' !
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EddieM
Nope an atoms life is estimated to be 10^10 years, so we've got a bit of life left in us yet. God's knows after that !!!
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And that's only in this universe.
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EddieM
Don't start. it's Sunday, I have a lot on my mind!!! Philosophy is not one of those things
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You brought up "god" on this science based post. Having said that, if there is a god, then we have nothing to fear - he won't let us destroy ourselves, free will or not. After all, he does like to step in from time to time and put amonst us his representatives, even though they have a habit of contradicting themselves to the extent that we fight wars in his sakeDon't start. it's Sunday, I have a lot on my mind!!! Philosophy is not one of those things
Well, it is sunday after all, and we should reflect on our religious beliefs
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EddieM
You're probably right, I always wondered why we had to worry about hell, when God forives all, how does that work then?
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Believers would have it that God forgives repentent sinners, not just any old evil-doer indiscriminately.
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Can't you just repent on the spot, when you finally realise what lousy position you're in?
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