Scientists turn plastic into diamonds!

Researchers at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Germany) bombarded a thin sheet of plastic with a laser beam, briefly heating it to some 6,000°C and compressing the material to millions of times atmospheric pressure for a few nanoseconds.  Enough to form nanodiamonds.  © Blaurock, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf

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