I wonder what the practical use would ever be for discoverng states of matter under conditions so extreme that we could never have access to them. What I find incredible is that planets such as Uranus and Neptune are thought to have oceans of liquid diamond at some point in their interiors, where carbon settles. “Icebergs” of solidified diamond will float one the surface of these, where the temperature is slightly lower, but the pressure is still high enough to keep them from turning to graphite. All forever beyond our reach.
That’s the point of pure research — without it, there are never any practical uses, because there are no discoveries.
Jupiter and Saturn full of liquid metal helium
UC Berkeley | Aug 6, 2008 | Rachel Tompa
Posted on 08/06/2008 3:51:07 PM PDT by decimon
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