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Diamond is 100% carbon. Why does it not burn?

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Diamonds will burn quite easily actually. Not so easy your diamond will ever burn accidentally in a fire. read more

The presence of strong atomic bonds in diamond means that it takes a lot of energy to rip apart the carbon atoms in diamond in order to free them up to burn with oxygen. As a result, it takes a higher temperature to burn diamond than to burn wood. read more

X Rays cristallography : you deduce the lattice parameters, the density, then if you weigh the diamond and you know its volume you can assess the atomic mass, which should be that of carbon. Or simply heat it above 1700 C, it will turn into graphite. Assuming of course that the diamond you analyze has no impurities. read more

Burning a diamond would not occur since the heat would evenly be distributed within a diamond and there is no element on the surface or in between the carbon atoms of a diamond that a fire could possibly react with an oxygen molecule. read more

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