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Saturday, August 25, 2018

Making It Sparkle

Density of diamond 3515kgm3Z=6,

vboom=3.435435156=2012.57ms1

Tboom=2012.5721210338.3144=1948.64K  or  1675.49oC

Tp=2012.5721210328.3144=2922.96K  or  2649.81oC

Can we cook carbon in an inert environment first at Tboom=1675.49oC and then at Tp=2649.81oC,  and expect diamond.  Carbon has a sublimation temperature of 3917K  or  3642oC; both Tboom and Tp are below this temperature.

Pressure would be needed to compact the carbon mass as the crystals form.

Maybe...