Elizabeth Taylor Polythene?

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 17:35 in Physics & Chemistry

I have an issue with the ladies of Hollywood. As a scientist, I find diamond a most useful material, and the way these glitterate use these stones for personal adornment does, I think, only serve to grossly inflate their price.   Diamond is famous for two properties, firstly its wonderful transparency and secondly its hardness, which are put to good use in the diamond anvil cell.   read more

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