Post subject: Re: Diamond Oceans Possible on Uranus, Neptune
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 10:39 am
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quoting the article: ".....When the pressure dropped to about 11 million times the atmospheric pressure at sea level on Earth and the temperature dropped to about 50,000 degrees, solid chunks of diamond began to appear...."
Post subject: Re: Diamond Oceans Possible on Uranus, Neptune
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 2:19 pm
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LOL...I just finished reading The Elegant Universe which explains the 11 necessary dimensions to mathematically support String Theory........
Lmao...nice to know you found some light reading to do while the foot healed. I think it's time to get back to work now before you start on your Phd in quantum mechanics.
Post subject: Re: Diamond Oceans Possible on Uranus, Neptune
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 10:23 pm
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of extreme interest is that diamond crystals are less dense than liquid diamond. as the article stated water is the same, which is why ice floats. antimony and bismuth also float having the same property. Looking at the physical pressure and temperature parameters, these diamond oceans would require a technology that does not exist now to be able to mine them. I think the quantum mechanics degree will be easier to acquire. After all, quantum mechanics, string theory, membranes, etc. were included in my physics IV class, which we called Science Fiction I.
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Post subject: Re: Diamond Oceans Possible on Uranus, Neptune
Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 1:11 am
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Now Diggin Blue, the question we should ask is, "if you shine a strong light on Uranus, can you see diamond structures?" I guess not. (Barry is now standing in the naughty boys corner for 5 minutes!)
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