Korean Scientists Develop a Method to Produce Diamonds in Just 15 Minutes Without Any Seed Particles
In a groundbreaking advancement that could revolutionize the diamond industry, a team of scientists from the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology in Korea has developed a method to grow diamonds in just 15 minutes, without the need for seed particles. This innovative approach, detailed in a recent paper published in Nature, offers a faster and potentially more efficient alternative to the conventional diamond-growing processes. Traditional methods of growing diamonds, such as the high pressure, high temperature (HPHT) technique discovered by General Electric in 1955, are time-consuming and require significant resources. The HPHT method involves dissolving carbon in liquid metal at extreme pressures of about 5 Giga Pascals (50,000 times atmospheric pressure) and temperatures between 1,300 to 1,600 degrees Celsius. This process typically takes about 12 days to produce synthetic diamonds, which are generally small in size. The new method developed by the Kor...
