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Q-carbon (The hardest known object)

One day i was surfing through web scrolling pages and checking new things out that was when something got my attention it was Q-carbon.

Scientists Jay Narayan from North Carolina State University have discovered a allotrophic form of carbon unknown as Q-carbon, it has some uncommon properties. Q-carbon is ferromagnetic which is actually harder than diamond and glows when it is exposed to energy it is also optical and electrically conductive  .This properties of Q-carbon makes it different from graphite and diamond.

To create Q-carbon its necessary to have two things a source of carbon and a substance that is acted upon by an enzyme or ferment. A source of carbon must be a amorphous compounds (Where all atoms of compound are in irregular shape and disorganized ).Coal is an example of amorphous compound which is actually a carbon and amorphous compound .

A substance is coated in a layer of carbon and then it is hit for about 200 nanosecond with a single laser pulse this heats it up for 4000 kelvin

(3,726 °C; 6,740 °F), then it is rapidly cooled down causing. It is to crystallize and come into a foam of Q-carbon it is all done at room temperature and at ambient atmosphere – we’re basically using a laser like the ones used for laser eye surgery. So not only does this allow us to develop new applications, but the process itself is relatively inexpensive. If a cheap, large-scale method of production is found, the unusual properties of Q-carbon could make it a phenomenal material to be used in the tech industry. Beyond being hard and durable, the material's response to magnetic and light impulses is very promising in the development of new electronic displays electrically

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The only creature to incorporate iron sulfide into its physiology is the scaly-foot gastropod (Chrysomallon squamiferum), a type of mollusc found in the Indian Ocean at depths of up to (down to?) 2400m. So yeah, a mollusc *can* be more metal than you.

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This kinetic light sculpture created by physicist and artist Paul Friedlander is so so awesome. It's made by rapidly rotating a rope stretched from ceiling to floor through white light. The vibrating rope becomes invisible, but the reflected light becomes all kind of magical.

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This is a liquid freezing and boiling at the same time!

‘In thermodynamics, the triple point of a substance is the temperature and pressure at which the three phases (gas, liquid, and solid) of that substance coexist in thermodynamic equilibrium.’

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Of course! Thats cleraly the OBVIOUS way to do it...

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‘A ferrofluid is a fluid that becomes strongly magnetized in the presence of a magnetic field. Essentially, they’re nano-scale particles of magnetic iron suspended in an organic solvent. Put them near a magnet and things get really awesome really fast.’ [x]