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Groundbreaking study shows defects spreading through diamond faster than the speed of sound | SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (www6.slac.stanford.edu)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

I always assumed this would be possible, given that detonation, by definition, travels faster than sound in the base material.