Make diamonds at room temperature

US researchers have developed a method to produce a diamond-like carbon without high temperatures or pressures.

Find out how to produce diamonds without high temperatures

Most natural or artificial diamonds form in special conditions of temperature and pressure. However, researchers at the University of North Carolina (NCSU), in the United States, discovered a diamond-like form of diamond that could emerge at room temperature, UPI reported yesterday.

"We have created the third hard type of carbon, the only place where this form can be found in nature is at the core of some planets," said NC Narayan, NCSU materials scientist. .

Q-carbon is harder than real diamond. (Image: batoninvesting.com).

The team calls this hard disk Q-carbon . To create this type of carbon, the scientists coated sapphire, glass or plastic with an amorphous carbon crystal. The product is then laser fired. The firing time was only 200 nanoseconds, enough to allow the carbon to rise above 3,700 degrees Celsius before cooling down rapidly while the ambient air temperature and ambient air pressure remained unchanged.

The end result is a crystal-clear material that is more rigid than real diamonds and possesses many new features that are almost underexposed.

"The hardness of Q-carbon and the availability of electron release make it a potential material for the development of new electronic projection technologies , " explains Narayan.

According to the research team, Q-carbon is also highly advanced in the field of drug distribution, industrial processes, circuit breakers and electrical equipment requiring good heat resistance. Q-carbon production is relatively low cost, but researchers say they need to check the material better before using it to replace diamonds.