Diamonds from TEQUILA and its fact

Mexican researchers have turned the country’s national alcoholic beverage tequila into diamonds. The diamonds, however, are too small to be used in diamond jewelry.

Miguel Apatiga, one of three researchers from the National Autonomous University of Mexico who made the discovery, noted that the tequila diamonds could be used to "detect radiation, coat cutting tools or, above all, as a substitute for silicon in the computer chips of the future."

The scientists discovered that when deposited on a stainless steel base, the heated vapor from tequila blanco can form diamond films.

FACTS:
1. Too small to be used for jewelrY
2. Can only be seen under a microscope
3. Physicists from the National Autonomous University of Mexico made the discovery
4. The tequila is turned into synthetic diamonds when heated to 800 degrees
5. The heat causes the gas molecules to break and carbon atoms to be formed
6. The carbon is deposited in the form of a thin diamond film
7. The scientists used the cheapest brand of tequila to experiment, but are now researching which type will produce the best results
8. Synthetic diamonds are produced by technological processes, while natural diamonds are produced by geological processes