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From: Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
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Subject: Re: OT: Marcury has a layer of diamond 10 miles thick, NASA
 spacecraft finds
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 12:38:15 +1000
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On 31/07/2024 3:46 am, john larkin wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Jul 2024 10:46:45 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
> wrote:
> 
>> Mercury has a layer of diamond 10 miles thick, NASA spacecraft finds
>> https://www.space.com/mercury-diamond-layer-10-miles-thick-nasa-messenger#main
>>
>> Now there is an incentive to go!
> 
> Diamond, like gold, is valuable because it's rare. Accessing cubic
> miles of diamonds would trash its value.

Wrong. Diamond is light, hard, strong and has very high thermal 
conductivity. You can buy synthetic diamond heat-sinks right now.

https://www.msesupplies.com/products/diamond-heat-sink-thermal-conductivity-1500w-m-k?variant=39601902846010

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Bill Sloman, Sydney


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