This is incredible - http://www.anl.gov/articles/argonne-discovery-yields-self-healing-diamond-carbon
Incredile advance in tribology
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"This test creates extreme contact pressure and temperatures, which are supposed to cause the ring to wear and eventually seize," said Eryilmaz. "But this ring didn't significantly wear and this blackish deposit was visible. We said, 'This material is strange. Maybe this is what is causing this unusual effect.'"
Those are not conditions found in typical engines.
"This test creates extreme contact pressure and temperatures, which are supposed to cause the ring to wear and eventually seize," said Eryilmaz. "But this ring didn't significantly wear and this blackish deposit was visible. We said, 'This material is strange. Maybe this is what is causing this unusual effect.'"
Those are not conditions found in typical engines.
Long way from making that happen in a production engine... But interesting idea
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