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it's all in the structure. diamonds are not combustable.
by retube 12y ago
it's all in the structure. diamonds are not combustable.
- jacquesm 12y agoI think you're wrong about that. http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2009-08/burn-diamonds-torch-and-liquid-oxygen http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2009-08/burn-diamonds-torc... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPyuDY3iq1Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPyuDY3iq1Q http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond "Diamond's ignition point is 720 – 800 °C in oxygen and 850 – 1,000 °C in air." Graphite will burn at around 1,000 Celsius as well, I would assume that graphene (which is really thin graphite) would do the same.
- ctdonath 12y agoActually, diamonds can burn. Needs high temperature and high oxygen.
- arethuza 12y agoI remember watching a rather splendid Open University chemistry program (the closest we had to Khan Academy in the 1970s) when I was about 8 or 9 and they burned up a diamond - I was deeply impressed. I think they heated it up then dropped it into liquid oxygen.
- arethuza 12y agoI found this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mKqtT8J2ms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mKqtT8J2ms But I'm pretty sure this isn't the one I saw.