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Cold comfort: Graphite under pressure - High-pressure experiments have finally yielded the structure of cold-compressed graphite for the first time, according to US researchers using Raman spectroscopy, X-ray crystallography and optical techniques. This allotrope of carbon is comparable in hardness to its more familiar chemical cousin, diamond, but can be made under pressure without the need for extreme temperatures.(10.1038/srep00520)

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