Diamonds, which started to form about three billion years ago with the temperature and pressure under the earth’s crust, are formed as a result of the carbon atoms starting to crystallize. Diamonds, the most valuable jewels in the world, not only revive our sense of aesthetics with their visuals, they are also the ‘hardest’ material discovered by human beings.
Scientists have now succeeded in producing a new type of this precious jewel in the laboratory environment. This new structure, which is more resistant to heat than normal diamonds, is in a different position from all other jewels. The research team at George Mason University in the USA succeeded in producing this unique new diamond under the leadership of Howard Sheng.
It is aimed to be used in the field of industry:
The research team states that diamonds formed in normal ways have two main types of molecular structures: ‘crystalline structures’ and ‘irregular structures’. But this new diamond produced has a molecular structure in the middle of these two types. The pressure used to produce this new diamond, called the ‘paracrystalline’, is 270 times higher than the pressure in the Mariana Trench, the deepest point on Earth. The temperature environment in which it is produced is above 1200 degrees.
The researchers state that the new material they produced is very suitable for use in industrial tools, as they are as hard as diamonds and much more resistant to temperature. Claiming that ‘paracrystalline’ structures can also be formed in other solid materials, the team continues to work to make heat-resistant models of other materials.
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