Q-carbon

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Q-carbon

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carbon
Properties and uses
Q-carbon, which is created by rapidly cooling a sample of elemental carbon whose temperature has been raised to 4,000 K (3,727 °C [6,740 °F]), is harder than diamond, and it can be used to manufacture diamond structures (such as diamond films and microneedles) within its…
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Q-carbon, which is created by rapidly cooling a sample of elemental carbon whose temperature has been raised to 4,000 K (3,727 °C [6,740 °F]), is harder than diamond, and it can be used to manufacture diamond structures (such as diamond films and microneedles) within its…
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carbon
Properties and uses
Q-carbon is also synthetic, but scientists have speculated that it could form within the hot environments of some planetary cores.
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Q-carbon is also synthetic, but scientists have speculated that it could form within the hot environments of some planetary cores.
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