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Nials Johannes could hear a rattling sound, it had an ominous tone to it, it went on and on.

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Nials hadn't realised he was still asleep.

The sound was permeating everything... it was getting into his dream ... so familiar but ...

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It became so intense it shook him out of his sleep and he sat up abruptly.

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It appeared that he had some early morning company.

There was a large crow, perched on the curtain rail.

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It was staring at him intently.... "Claa aa aa aa aa aa"

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Nials went to get up, startling the animal...

"Calm down ... it's ok ... be calm ..." he croaked sleepily as the bird flew around the room, crashing into everything

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He managed to open a window and the damned thing made a run for it.

How had it gotten in? ... Must've fallen down the chimney or something ...

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After getting dressed, he made himself a coffee and sat down to work.

The sound ... the sound had mixed in with what he was dreaming ...

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THAT WAS IT!! ... Graphite!!

Graphite. Has. A. Higher. Melting. Point. Than. Diamond.

In the right conditions this might actually work ...

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... A graphite mould would be perfect, higher melting point than diamond and ... once cooled, soft enough to break away. But how to heat it to near 4000°C without incinerating everything else in range??? ...

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... Simple, cross phase lazers ...

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... Still, you could not have that amount of heat directed at carbon in standard atmosphere, any oxidising factor and the whole thing will just burn away, you would need a graphite plinth, inside an enclosure, with a pure inert gas heat sink... Argon would be perfect ...

Nials dialed the parameters into Forge.ai ... et voila



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... "i need to call this in to the lab..." he said out loud to himself ...



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