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Scientists Finally Create Lonsdaleite, A Hexagonal Diamond That’s Harder Than Any Substance Known To Man
Thanks to the crystal structure of diamonds, with carbon atoms arranged into a lattice-like structure, diamond is top of the ...
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World’s first diamond-based nuclear radiation detector.
Orbray unveils the world’s first high-precision diamond-based nuclear radiation detector, offering unmatched accuracy and ...
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Q&A: Crystallizing time—physicists create a new phase of matter in the center of a diamond
To understand a time crystal, it helps to think about familiar crystals such as diamonds or quartz. Those minerals owe their shape and shine to their highly organized structures. The carbon atoms ...
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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, ...