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Originally posted by Variol (Farseer) Elmwood:
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Originally posted by DragonSlayer25:
I thought carbon atoms aligned in cubes to make diamonds so strong, but then again I had way too many pretty girls in my chem class.
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The only think I know that has a cubed molecular structure is salt. There must be slight differences I guess,. [/QUOTE]diamonds atoms are alligned not in cubes but tetrahedrons.
it's the crystal structure of diamonds that's cubic, as it is with salt and many other substances
[ 07-25-2006, 04:21 PM: Message edited by: ZFR ]