Question

(a) How can diamonds be made artificially? How do synthetic diamonds differ from natural ones?
(b) Give any two differences between the properties of diamond and graphite. What causes these differences?

Answer 1

Answer:

• Natural diamonds are formed under intense pressure and just the right temperature in the earth's mantle but almost always have foreign matter trapped inside them. Synthetic diamonds are formed through a high-pressure high-temperature process in a specially constructed chamber or through chemical vapor deposition.
• They are chemically identical but very different physically, which is why they are called polymorphous. Some differences that Diamonds and Graphite have are that Diamonds are very hard whereas Graphite is very soft and easy to break. Also, a Diamond's density is greater than that of Graphite.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Answer:

Natural diamonds are formed under intense pressure and just the right temperature in the earth's mantle but almost always have foreign matter trapped inside them. Synthetic diamonds are formed through a high-pressure high-temperature process in a specially constructed chamber or through chemical vapor deposition.

They are chemically identical but very different physically, which is why they are called polymorphous. Some differences that Diamonds and Graphite have are that Diamonds are very hard whereas Graphite is very soft and easy to break. Also, a Diamond's density is greater than that of Graphite.