THINGS MADE OUT OF CARBON

In this blog, we’ll be looking at the uses of all things carbon, including diamonds, graphite and carbon dioxide. Carbon is extremely important for our planet and our way of life; we wouldn’t want to imagine an Earth without it. Diamonds In this segment, carbon is a girl’s best friend, because this is where diamonds come from. Diamonds are formed from carbon in the Earth, many come from carbon that was trapped under the Earth’s crust when our planet was formed. In the case of some diamonds, the carbon comes from carbonate rocks such as limestone and marble around plate boundaries where the temperature and pressure rise. Coal could be present in the formation of diamonds formed by asteroid impacts, as coal is a surface level carbon source. Much of the diamonds used in industrial processes are now grown in laboratories. However, crafting diamonds through man-made means isn’t quite as simple as heating up some coal and subjecting it to high pressures:

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