January 2, 2008; Ten Billion Trillion Trillion Carat Diamond

tulzscha · 01-03-2008, 08:12 PM

Crystallization of the material of a white dwarf of this type is thought to result in a body-centered cubic lattice of carbon and/or oxygen nuclei, which are surrounded by a Fermi sea of electrons.

That, um, isn't *quite* the same thing as diamond. Diamonds aren't, last I checked, composed of degenerate matter.

And Pravda.ru is Russian for Weekly World News -- all tabloid, all the time. So this thread is kinda like posting pictures of Bat Boy as IOTD :p

01-03-2008, 08:12 PM	#9
tulzscha Cantankerous Incantonator Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 57	Crystallization of the material of a white dwarf of this type is thought to result in a body-centered cubic lattice of carbon and/or oxygen nuclei, which are surrounded by a Fermi sea of electrons. That, um, isn't quite the same thing as diamond. Diamonds aren't, last I checked, composed of degenerate matter. And Pravda.ru is Russian for Weekly World News -- all tabloid, all the time. So this thread is kinda like posting pictures of Bat Boy as IOTD :p

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