Chemistry in Everyday Life

Diamond vs. Pencil


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On the surface, a diamond and a pencil have nothing in common. One is one of the hardest and valuable materials known to man and the other is a pencil, an everyday object that many people use on a daily basis to write, draw or the medium between the two: scribble. But once we leave the surface behind us and look closer on a chemical level the differences between a diamond and a pencil are actually not that big.

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Useful Links

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_structure

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Chemistry in Everyday LifeBy Johannes Vogel

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