Russian scientists created a material harder than diamond – Science and Technology of Russia

A new method for the synthesis of ultrahard material that exceeds the hardness of diamond, developed by researchers from the Technological Institute for Superhard and Novel Carbon Materials Troitsk, MIPT, MISA and MSU, reports “Times” with reference to the journal Carbon.

In their work, scientists have noted that the diamond has long been the most solid material. Natural diamonds have a hardness of about 150 GPa (GPa). Who is the first place in the list of the hardest materials takes ultrahard fullerite with a hardness of 150 to 300 GPa.

ultrahard materials called everything harder than diamond. Materials softer than diamond, but harder boron nitride denoted as ultrahard nitride cubic boron almost three times harder than the well-known corundum. However, methods to obtain a promising material on an industrial scale, does not exist yet.

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