is diamond poisonous in nature?and why?
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As far as I have heard diamonds are not poisonous. Diamond is a hardened form of the element carbon, the hardness in Moh's scale is 10. Infact , diamond is the hardest material.
Diamond, when powdered & swallowed causes death not because it is poisonous, but the pieces of diamond which are sharper like glass pieces (in fact knives with diamond edges are used to cut glass ) cut the inner walls of the small intestine causing excessive internal bleeding & death is due to loss of blood
But Diamonds swallowed as a whole will be excreted & do not cause any harm
Diamond, when powdered & swallowed causes death not because it is poisonous, but the pieces of diamond which are sharper like glass pieces (in fact knives with diamond edges are used to cut glass ) cut the inner walls of the small intestine causing excessive internal bleeding & death is due to loss of blood
But Diamonds swallowed as a whole will be excreted & do not cause any harm
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