eli5 since diamonds are compressed carbon is it combustible? I don’t think so but why?
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They sure will!
Nile Red made a video about it. Here is the short version: [https://youtu.be/iiVxaOn0H_k](https://youtu.be/iiVxaOn0H_k)
They sure will!
Nile Red made a video about it. Here is the short version: [https://youtu.be/iiVxaOn0H_k](https://youtu.be/iiVxaOn0H_k)
With 4 identical nonpolar bonds, diamond is very stable. It will burn in air at 800C, but so will most things.
With 4 identical nonpolar bonds, diamond is very stable. It will burn in air at 800C, but so will most things.
Yes! You can see a chemistry lecturer light a diamond on fire (with someone’s engagement ring?) here:
When I was in school I was told that famous 18th-century chemist Lavoisier first proved that diamond is a form of carbon by burning one to create carbon dioxide.
Yes! You can see a chemistry lecturer light a diamond on fire (with someone’s engagement ring?) here:
When I was in school I was told that famous 18th-century chemist Lavoisier first proved that diamond is a form of carbon by burning one to create carbon dioxide.
NileRed on YouTube made a video where he burned diamonds and collected the CO2 to make sparkling water. Definitely worth a watch.
NileRed on YouTube made a video where he burned diamonds and collected the CO2 to make sparkling water. Definitely worth a watch.
I believe Nilered on YouTube actually has a video showing him burning crystals and using the gas as a carbonation for a drink
Edit: [here’s the video](https://youtu.be/n0wvDwSnzcw) The entire video is basically an eli5 for how to burn diamond with a fun twist on the end.
You can burn diamonds, but they are actually very conductive, so they lose any heat you dump into them very easily, and thus are difficult to heat up to burning temperatures. If you do put them in a blowtorch hot enough for long enough they will ignite and burn away to just CO2 and leave by any impurity metals as dust
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