What happens do diamond if it is melted (and boiled) and then cools again?

Subject: What happens do diamond if it is melted (and boiled) and then cools again?

Date: Mon May 15 03:50:02 2000
Posted by Nick Forge
Grade level: 10-12 School: St Paul's Anglican Grammar School
City: Warragul State/Province: Victoria Country: Australia
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 958377002.Ch

Message:


I would like to know what form of Carbon diamond will form when it is 
melted and boiled, whether it forms graphite, diamond or coal, or whether 
it just forms seperate carbon atoms in the air.

Re: What happens do diamond if it is melted (and boiled) and then cools again?

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