Watch this video to understand the different properties of diamond and graphite. The rigid network of carbon atoms, held together by strong covalent bonds, makes diamond very hard. This makes it ...

The graphite found in your favorite pencil could have instead been the diamond your mother always wears. What made the difference? Researchers are finding out. How molten carbon crystallizes into ...

Carbon has numerous allotropes owing to its ability to form various bonds through orbital hybridization. Among all the allotropes, graphite and diamond (with sp 2 and sp 3 hybridization, respectively) ...

"This video explains why diamond and graphite have different properties depsite both being made of carbon. Diamond has a giant covalent structure with strong bonds, meaning that there are no free ...

In brief: Chinese researchers have developed a synthetic diamond that is significantly harder and more resilient than those that occur naturally here on Earth. If commercially viable, the new diamond ...