why diamond is so hard? please answer sincerely or don't answer.
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Because of tightly packed molecules. It is the hardest substance ( solid)
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The outermost shell of each carbon atom has 4 electrons.
in diamonds, these electrons are shared with four other carbon atoms to form very strong chemical bonds resulting in an extremely rigid tetrahedral crystal.
it is this simple, tightly-bonded arrangement that makes diamond one of the hardest substances on earth
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