is it AMQXLS? I can't find the letters representing a diamond and what they mean...
2007-01-01 22:38:39 · 13 answers · asked by NoOneOfInterest 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Carbon!
2007-01-01 22:41:01 · answer #1 · answered by Billy Butthead 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Diamond powder, industrial diamonds, synthetic diamonds, single crystal diamonds
Designations:
Chemical Name: Carbon
Chemical Formula: C
Description:
Composed of pure carbon, naturally mined diamonds have an isometric crystal structure, the most common being octahedron. There are both industrial and gem diamonds. Total world production of natural diamonds is around 38.5m. carats a year of which 27m. are of industrial grade. In addition, approximately 60 to 80m. carats of synthetic industrial diamonds are produced each year,. Synthetic diamonds accounts for more than 1/2 the total worldwide production. They are made by subjecting graphite to very high temperatures and pressures in the presence of a metal catalyst.
Chemical Properties Available:
Naturally mined diamonds, synthetic diamonds and single crystal diamonds are available. Purities are available from as high of a typical purity of 99.99% down to lower purity recycled diamonds.
Physical Properties Available:
Numerous particle size options are available from as large as 10 MM pieces / buttons down to various standard sizings between 0 and 100 microns
Physical Constants:
Atomic Number 12.0111
Molecular Weight (g/mol.)
Density (g/cm3) 2.26
Specific Gravity 3.52
Melting Point (°C)
Boiling Point (°C) 870 deg.C
Surface Area (m2/g)
Thermal Conductivity (cal/s-cm-°C) 0.057
Mohs Hardness @20°C 10
Specific Heat @ 25 deg.C 0.165 cal/g
Crystallography hexagonal
diamond powder, industrial diamonds, synthetic diamonds
2007-01-01 23:25:29 · answer #2 · answered by black r 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Carbon has 2 allotropes ie the same element having 2 different structural arrangements and they are daimond and graphite.
Hence both are made of carbon and is so called . The 2 different names is just to show that they are a little different from each other in some way, but in general its carbon.
2007-01-01 23:21:47 · answer #3 · answered by njds13 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is Carbon as is Graphite. Diamond has no molecular formula, because the network of carbons depends on the size of the diamond. C60 is the bucky ball and it has a rigid molecular structure.
2007-01-01 23:20:39 · answer #4 · answered by serf_tide 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chemical composition, hardness, density, ... Gemstone Name, Diamond. Chemical Composition, Cn. Chemical Name, Carbon ...
2007-01-01 23:56:50 · answer #5 · answered by star_aries 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Chemical Name for Diamonds is (C)
Diamond is the hardest known natural material (third-hardest known material below aggregated diamond nanorods and ultrahard fullerite), and is the more costly of the two best known forms of carbon, whose hardness and high dispersion of light make it useful for industrial applications and jewellery. (The other equally well known allotrope is graphite.)
2007-01-05 18:21:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is just carbon that is very old and compressed. It is the way the crystals are formed that make it special. Each carbon atom is bonded to 4 others, It's atomic no is 6. C6, don't think it has another chemical name.
2007-01-01 23:01:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
in fact diamond is carbon, it is a C60 meaning that a molecule of diamond is made of 60 carbon atoms.
Ironically graphite present in pencils is also a C60, yet the difference in arrangement of the carbon atoms gives the two molecules atotally different physical properties.
2007-01-01 23:01:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Diamonds are made from carbon, therefore their chemical symbol is C
2007-01-01 22:42:44 · answer #9 · answered by Tammy G 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Carbon with a face centered cubic crystaline structure
2007-01-02 00:40:35 · answer #10 · answered by SteveA8 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋