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by hypnocode 5047 days ago
Any idea as to which one is actually harder, the new material, or Lonsdaleite? I see from this journal that Lonsdaleite has 58% higher indentation strength than diamond: http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v102/i5/e055503 but I couldn't find figures for the new material.