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New form of superhard carbon observed
http://www.physorg.com ^
| 11 Oct 2011
| Provided by Carnegie Institution
Posted on 10/13/2011 10:58:04 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
anvils??? All the blacksmiths will be happy. So will the cartoon writers.
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posted on
10/13/2011 11:36:37 AM PDT
by
ElkGroveDan
(My tagline is in the shop.)
To: Aevery_Freeman
And no oil required!........But how ya gonna machine it??????...........
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posted on
10/13/2011 11:36:37 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Furthermore, I think Obama must be impeached....................)
To: Aevery_Freeman
Diamonds burn at 700 degrees F, so this probably does to, so possible application that would involve heat or friction that gets that in temp is probably not possible.
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posted on
10/13/2011 11:42:44 AM PDT
by
Jonty30
To: Red Badger
“And no oil required!........But how ya gonna machine it??????...........”
With a diamond tipped lathe
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posted on
10/13/2011 11:46:59 AM PDT
by
roaddog727
(It's the Constitution, Stupid!)
To: Uncle Ike
This means that the Chicoms now have it.
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posted on
10/13/2011 11:50:18 AM PDT
by
Noumenon
(The only 'NO' a liberal understands is the one that arrives at muzzle velocity.)
To: Paradox
Arthur C. Clarke - The Fountains of Paradise (1979)
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posted on
10/13/2011 11:50:50 AM PDT
by
reg45
(I'm not angry that Lincoln freed the slaves. I'm angry that Franklin Roosevelt bought them back.)
To: ctdonath2
Efforts are underway to encourage the technology needed to build a space elevator. It will never work. The human brain can't withstand that much elevator music.
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posted on
10/13/2011 11:53:45 AM PDT
by
Reeses
To: Red Badger
I don't see any mention of how well this material withstands temperature extremes, but if it does well in both cold and hot ranges, it sounds like an excellent choice for spacecraft construction. Depending on how easy it is to manufacture and fabricate into usable forms, that is.
Of course, since our federal government prefers to spend our monetary resources on the welfare class, this might be a moot point in any case. I'd say private space ventures might have a go at it, but that is also prey to federal regulatory burdens, so that too may be a non-starter...
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posted on
10/13/2011 11:59:49 AM PDT
by
Joe Brower
(Sheep have three speeds: "graze", "stampede" and "cower".)
To: ctdonath2; Lurker; Paradox; Red Badger
Thanks ya'all. I believe it was Heinlein's
Friday where I read it. T'was a long time ago.
5.56mm
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posted on
10/13/2011 12:04:59 PM PDT
by
M Kehoe
To: Red Badger
The team was led by Stanford's Wendy L. Mao and her graduate student Yu Lin and includes Carnegie's Ho-kwang (Dave) Mao, Li Zhang, Paul Chow, Yuming Xiao, Maria Baldini, and Jinfu Shu. Mao, Zhang, Chow, Xiao, Shu, and ... Maria Baldini? How did she sneak in there? But seriously, can't China get their own chinese scientists to come up with some ideas so they don't need to steal technology secrets from our chinese scientists all the time?
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posted on
10/13/2011 12:28:56 PM PDT
by
pepsi_junkie
(Who is John Galt?)
To: Jonty30
Thermal properties: The material can be taken to 2500°C (4500°F) depending on grade, without any significant devitrification. Above that temperature some devitrification will occur and there will be a nucleation and growth of a graphite phase.
Note: that the SPI Glas glassy carbon products can be heated in air up to 500°C (900°F) without undergoing any reaction. Above this temperature any heating should be done strictly either under vacuum or in an environment of argon.
You may wish to sleeve the cylinder but that is OK.
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posted on
10/13/2011 1:00:20 PM PDT
by
Aevery_Freeman
(The road to hell is paved with plastic.)
To: douginthearmy
Unless you consider a crushing tax load that forced both parents to work. That's why the schools are filled with second and third generation welfare recipients.
Although we should probably kill the guy that invented ortho novum (joke!).
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posted on
10/13/2011 1:05:21 PM PDT
by
Aevery_Freeman
(The road to hell is paved with plastic.)
To: reg45
That was it, the engineers used a diamond cable to do it. Theoretically, they could use graphene ribbons to do it in real life, so he was close.
This stuff reminded me of the diamond cable in the story.
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posted on
10/13/2011 1:12:02 PM PDT
by
Paradox
(The rich SHOULD be paying more taxes, and they WOULD, if they could make more money.)
To: Soothesayer9
Wendy Mao is an American. She is not a Chi-Com. It is not EPA regulations that keeps white Americans from pursuing math and science. It is a culture of doing what feels good at the moment.
To: pepsi_junkie
Our Chinese American scientists have both freedom and rule of law. These factors are what have taken America from a tiny farming colony to history’s greatest superpower. Chi-Coms can only copy us, because while they can learn, they are not free. Of course, the more free they get and the less free we get, we could certainly see the trend change in the future.
To: M Kehoe
+1 for the space elevator
The counter weight has to be higher than geosynchronous, 24,000 miles, so it’s either high earth orbit or nothing.
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posted on
10/13/2011 1:28:45 PM PDT
by
dangerdoc
(see post #6)
To: Red Badger
“But how ya gonna machine it??????...........”
LASER beams baby!
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posted on
10/13/2011 1:39:59 PM PDT
by
dangerdoc
(see post #6)
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10/13/2011 1:52:38 PM PDT
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To: Aevery_Freeman
Depending on how can be manufactured and if it can be shaped, it may be able to replace steel.
You could be looking at bridges or diamond structure, instead of steel for sky scrapers.
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posted on
10/13/2011 2:05:45 PM PDT
by
Jonty30
To: dangerdoc
The counter weight has to be higher than geosynchronous, 24,000 miles, so its either high earth orbit or nothing.Could there be a second floor?
8^)
5.56mm
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posted on
10/13/2011 2:06:07 PM PDT
by
M Kehoe
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