A new form of carbon has been simulated in a Chinese supercomputer. This has been achieved by replacing diamond's atoms with pyramids of carbon. This new "T-carbon would be 43 percent less dense, and 65 percent as hard as diamond. It has not actually been sythesised yet. Theoretical physisits argue wether or not it can be sythesised.
The experiment in my article is an example of hypothesis based science. The researcher has made a hypothesis that it is possible to sythesize T-carbon. It is a hypothesis that is yet to be tested.
If T-carbon is sythesized it will have value in the aerospace industry and be used in storing hydrogen as an energy source. Because of the way electrons flow though T-carbon, it would also be useful as a semiconductor.
Devin Powell
Diamond Cousin Proposed
Vol.179 #7
March 26 2011
page 10
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