i would think that there must be some stars out there with diamond cores. not the kind of stars that burn hydrogen into helium like our sun, but stars that burn heavier elelements into even heavier elements. like the ones that make iron. the pressure and heat of a star should be sufficient for making diamonds from carbon. imagine a diamond the size of our planet. wow.
2007-07-06 21:08:36
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answered by brandon 5
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Some older stars go through a phase where they make carbon from simpler elements, and this material would be very hot and dense indeed, and would probably not resemble diamond.
However, after a star burns all its fuel, the gravitational effect is so strong that the matter collapses to form much, much more dense material than anything that could possibly exist on a planet. Such a star is called a white dwarf. So dense is the material, that if the earth was made of such a substance, it would only be a few kilometres in diameter.
If the star is very large to start with, the end result could be an even more astonishing substance; made entirely of neutrons, and so dense that if the earth was made of this material, it would only be a few metres across.
But that is not the end of the story; if the star is larger still, the gravitational force could be so strong that even the neutrons are crushed to a point where it makes no physical sense to talk about the material even being matter at all. Such a possible state is called a singularity, and such things may exist at the heart of black holes.
2007-07-07 13:15:41
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answered by AndrewG 7
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It is possible. also don't forget the intense pressure it takes to make a diamond as well. 10 on the moh's scale is pretty tough to beat. but anything is possible.
2007-07-07 03:47:02
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answered by Kristenite’s Back! 7
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You forget that diamonds are made from carbon.
2007-07-07 11:55:30
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answered by henry d 5
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It needs heat and high pressure
2007-07-07 05:30:55
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answered by rosie recipe 7
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Probably. But I'm not sure what dimonads are.
2007-07-07 03:48:12
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answered by Ben 4
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