New Material Harder Than Diamond

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2 September 2005
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Diamond is no longer the hardest substance known to man. Scientists have created a new material, called aggregated diamond nanorods by compressing carbon-60 under high heat. The hardness of a material is measured by its isothermal bulk modulus. Aggregated diamond nanorods have a modulus of 491 gigapascals (GPa), compared with 442 GPa for conventional diamond

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