DIAMOND

The Allotrope of Carbon

Molecular Structure

• http://www.worldofmolecules.com/interactive_molecules/diamond.htm

• http://edobobik.kilu.de/carbon.html

Intermolecular Forces

• London Dispersion Forces only!London Dispersion Forces only!

Solubility and Polarity

• Diamond (Carbon) is insoluble in water

• Diamond (Carbon) is non-polar

• Discovered in India almost 6000 years ago

- likely found at site of meteor strike (only other place is the lithosphere)

• It is impossible to determine who found it

• Large quantities found in Africa in 1867

Mining

• Lithosphere about 10 km deep

• 130,000,000 carats mined annually

- worth $9 billion

Uses

Antoine Lavoisier and Carbon

•  Introduced the possibility of allotropy in chemical elements

• Experiment in 1772• Diamond is a

crystalline form of Carbon