diamonds

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The metals dissolve the carbon gas, and the silicon appears to somehow help the carbon atoms bond to one another in diamond’s pyramidal arrangement.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 24, 2024

On this scale, diamond's thermal conductivity is generally understood to be about 2,000.

From Science Daily • Nov. 28, 2023

And the De Beers Group, which introduced its blockchain platform Tracr in 2018, announced earlier this year that it now was using the system to provide “an immutable record of a diamond’s provenance.”

From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2022

That could be useful for making instruments for radiation detection, where a diamond's durability is also an asset.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2022

The joints of the diamond’s facets were not quite as sharp as they should have been.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr