richard09
Posts : 4227 Join date : 2013-01-16
| Subject: This diamond battery is made from nuclear waste Fri Mar 03, 2017 11:27 am | |
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NoCoPilot
Posts : 20163 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 69 Location : Seattle
| Subject: Re: This diamond battery is made from nuclear waste Fri Mar 03, 2017 2:03 pm | |
| - Quote :
- The scientists found a way to heat the radioactive graphite to release most of the radioactivity in a gaseous form. The gas is subjected to high temperature and low pressures that turn it into a man-made diamond.
Whoever heard of diamonds forming under low pressure? Makes me wonder if the writer had his facts straight. |
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_Howard Admin
Posts : 8734 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 79 Location : California
| Subject: Re: This diamond battery is made from nuclear waste Fri Mar 03, 2017 2:11 pm | |
| Chemical vapor deposition creates diamonds using high temperatures and low pressure.
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NoCoPilot
Posts : 20163 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 69 Location : Seattle
| Subject: Re: This diamond battery is made from nuclear waste Sat Mar 04, 2017 2:46 pm | |
| Huh. Okay. Shows what I know. |
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