I'm not sure if people are pulling my leg when telling me this lol
2006-12-11 07:28:19 · 25 answers · asked by Bruza 17/uk 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
we are a carbon based lifeform.
diamond is a form of carbon.
heat and add pressure to the remains and you have a diamond.
so yes it is true.
2006-12-11 07:30:26 · answer #1 · answered by DogmaDeleted 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
We all are made of mainly these elements:
Oxygen (65.0%)
Carbon (18.5%)
Hydogen (9.5%)
Nitrogen (3.2%)
Carbon doesn’t have the highest percentage, but there is quite a lot of carbon in our bodies.
Carbon in nature occurs in many forms:
Graphite, Diamond, and Fullerines (and another- white carbon…it is the softest thing on earth)
the difference between these forms is structure or the way carbon atoms bond with each other.
Graphite has hexagonal structure, diamond has tetrahedral structure and fullerines have buckyball (or football like) structure. (you can see their pictures on wikipedia)
Now if technology allows us to change the structures of carbon forms (to decide which carbon atom bonds with which carbon atom), we can create any form we like. As of now, diamonds are made from human beings; that’s true. But if nanotechnology advances enough, it is said that we will be able to make diamonds from carbon (carbon from the air, the soil…anywhere). then, diamonds will be as common as any other metal….
so, no one's pulling your leg... i have read (newspapers) about people turning their dead relatives into diamonds and keeping them....
2006-12-11 08:24:30 · answer #2 · answered by Izela 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. They crush the ashes after cremation and give you back a diamond. A diamond is basically carbon compressed under huge pressures and temperature
2006-12-12 00:37:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it's true, it's because there is so much carbon when a body is cremated.
That said it's not what you'd call a true diamond. It looks very similar and people have their loved ones made into rings.
Each to their own but I would feel a bit odd about keeping them on my finger
2006-12-11 07:30:48 · answer #4 · answered by delphi13 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
No one is pulling your leg it is true...very true the dead persons ashes are incorporated into a diamond.
2006-12-11 07:38:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Diamonds are made of carbon atoms held together as a tetrahedral macromolecular structure.
The main components of dead bodies are carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.
Over time and high pressure, yes, dead bodies can become diamonds.
2006-12-11 11:55:22 · answer #6 · answered by Kemmy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i won't be able to have faith how ignorant the individuals are at right here calling you a TROLL. they are the trolls. I hate lack of understanding and stupidity definite, you're able to make diamonds out of lifeless organisms, yet this technique produces a extra costly , yet smaller diamond than a mined diamond
2016-12-30 06:43:58 · answer #7 · answered by melvina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO u cant make diamonds from dead bodies. The flesh doesnt suddenly have diamonds growin on it!
u can make diamonds/ or some other gem from the ashes of a creamated body. Some people make rings to rememba their loved ones.
2006-12-11 07:33:35 · answer #8 · answered by brap16 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hi. Diamonds are made from carbon and bodies have a lot of carbon in them, but it is not pure enough to work without lots of processing. You could make a nail though from the blood.
2006-12-11 07:31:51 · answer #9 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cremate the body so that all the carbon is not oxidised (burnt off). purify the carbon. Now its the same as carbon from any other source and can be processed into its allotrope, diamond.
2006-12-13 10:24:33 · answer #10 · answered by peter c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nah u cant its true tht bodies are made of carbon but it takes many many yrs for the carbon to turn into a diamond
yeah if u give the body many many yrs to decompose in the right environment
2006-12-11 08:46:04 · answer #11 · answered by questinme 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋