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Offline Dexter

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New recipe for diamonds: Just add acid
« on: November 03, 2015, 09:29:39 pm »
https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/new-recipe-diamonds-just-add-acid?tgt=nr

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A boost in acidity deep inside Earth may yield some serious bling. Simulating the chemistry, pressures and temperatures in Earth’s interior, scientists have discovered a new way diamonds can form. Chemical reactions between rocks and ion-rich fluids can spark a drop in pH that spurs diamond creation, geochemists at Johns Hopkins University report online November 3 in Nature Communications.
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Re: New recipe for diamonds: Just add acid
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2015, 09:39:41 pm »
Cool!

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Re: New recipe for diamonds: Just add acid
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2015, 10:26:58 pm »
Would be great if we could turn all of this Kentucky coal that Obama won't let us use - and turn it into diamonds!

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