How are diamonds formed in a lab(I am having trouble understanding the diamond seed)?
In: Chemistry
Many chemicals (including diamond) have the atoms arranged in a particular, repeated pattern. The diamond seed follows that diamond pattern, and forms a starting point for more carbon to attach and continue that pattern, growing into a larger and larger diamond as carbon is added.
Without the diamond seed, the carbon would likely clump together in a non-diamond pattern, such as graphite or something else less orderly than diamond.
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