For science, observation is essential for the construction of a thesis. First, the nature, the problems and what can be solved are observed, and then the studies are developed. And today's situation was no different, as scholars were inspired by Neptune and Uranus to develop ultra powerful lasers that turn plastic into Diamond and water. Understand how this is possible.
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Nanodiamonds and a new type of water
The difference between known diamonds and nanodiamonds is the size, since the latter has a nanoscale size, that is, 1 nanometer is equal to 0.0000001 centimeters. Furthermore, according to one of the authors of the study, Dominik Kraus, these tiny stones have applications interesting, such as transforming carbon dioxide (CO2) into other gases, in addition to supplying drugs to the body.
The experiment also comes to the conclusion that at the high temperatures and pressures found inside On icy planets such as Neptune and Uranus, an exotic state of water called super ionic water ice emerges. In this way, this strange form of water allows protons to travel through a network of oxygen atoms.
the laser
Using powerful x-ray lasers, scientists were able to explode cheap plastics, and this eventually resulted in exotic water and the nanodiamond. In this case, the plastic used was polyethylene terephthalate (PET). For this, a high power optical laser found in the Matter in Extreme Conditions instrument was used to heat the plastic to 6,000º C.
Through this, pressures millions of times greater than Earth's atmosphere were created for just a few billionths of a second. Such crushing pressure shocked the plastic, causing the carbon atoms in the plastic to arrange themselves into a new configuration, generating a crystalline structure.
With these studies, it is possible to imagine that showers of small diamonds are frequent in the atmosphere of icy planets. In addition, financial incentives can help to remove tons of plastic from the oceans to be transformed into diamonds and water.
