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I was about to quibble with you about the usage of organic, but then I remembered that diamonds are literally just carbon, so, by chemistry, you're right.
by OtterCoder 9y ago
I was about to quibble with you about the usage of organic, but then I remembered that diamonds are literally just carbon, so, by chemistry, you're right.
- Pulcinella 9y agoFeel free to quibble with the PC! “Organic” in chemistry usually means compounds that contain carbon-hydrogen bonds. So diamonds, graphite and graphene, carbon mono- and dioxide, carbonates, and even cyanide* are traditionally considered inorganic forms of carbon. *Cyanides are considered inorganic even though hydrogen cyanide contains a C-H bond.
- andrewla 9y agoI was going to put organic in quotes, but then I had the same thought as you. Although, as the sibling post states, the use or "organic" in the chemistry sense is probably not precisely accurate. Still, better than advertising organic table salt!