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1919–2008
Tracy Hall
Chemist at General Electric who designed the press that made the first diamonds anyone could repeat.
Element
6CCarbon
1954
In his “belt” press at General Electric, Tracy Hall squeezed and heated carbon into diamond in the first synthesis anyone could repeat.
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- Tracy HallEncyclopaedia Britannica
- H. Tracy HallNational Inventors Hall of Fame
- Tracy HallWikipedia