Not all diamonds are forever: Researchers see nanodiamonds created in coal fade away in seconds

Thursday, May 22, 2014 - 19:20 in Physics & Chemistry

Scientists show that some diamonds are not forever. Through the creation of nanodiamonds in treated coal scientists also show that some microscopic diamonds only last seconds before fading back into less-structured forms of carbon under the impact of an electron beam.

Read the whole article on Science Daily

More from Science Daily

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net