Monday, February 23, 2009

Flash Facts: Diamonds and Pressure

"It requires a temperature of at least 3000 degrees Fahrenheit and a pressure of one million pounds per square inch to create diamonds. This General Electric 1,000 ton hydraulic press, exerting a pressure of 1.6 million pounds per square inch on an area of one square inch, produced the first man-made diamonds."

Issue: The Flash #141 (December 1963)

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