World's largest laser compresses diamond to pressures of 50 million Earth atmospheres

Sunday, August 24, 2014 - 19:00 in Physics & Chemistry

Physicists in the US have compressed a synthetic diamond to pressures of 50 million Earth atmospheres to recreate conditions in the cores of giant planets.

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