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Diamonds Face Unlikely Competitor For World's Best Thermal Conductors
An unlikely material, cubic boron arsenide, could deliver a thermal conductivity high enough to compete with the industry standard currently set by costly diamond, according to a report in the latest issue of the journal Physical Review Letters.
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