The crystal structure of hexagonal diamond
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A harder form of diamond that has eluded scientists for decades can now be synthesised in the laboratory, and could be used to make extremely tough cutting and drilling tools.
Diamonds as we know them have a cubic arrangement of atoms in their crystalline structure. But for at least 60 years, we have been aware of another form – hexagonal diamond – that is much tougher, thanks to its crystals having no uniform shear lines along which breaks can propagate.
Natural hexagonal diamond occurs in meteorites, where it is known by the mineral name lonsdaleite, but only in mixtures with cubic diamond. Previous attempts to synthesise hexagonal diamonds have yielded…
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