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Diamond never does become a liquid at low pressures. If heated in the absence of
oxygen, it changes to graphite before the melting point of pure carbon is
reached, unless the pressure is more than about 15 atmospheres.
See the phase
diagram of carbon, from the Chemistry Department at the University of
Bristol. This is a pressure vs. temperature plot.
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