Question

Give an equation to show burning of diamonds.

Answer 1

• Diamond is one of the allotropes of carbon. It is the hardest known substance on earth.
• It forms a giant molecule where each carbon atom is surrounded by four other carbon atoms.
• This network of carbon atom atoms extends in three dimensions and provides a rigid structure.
• The burning of diamond is represented by the following chemical equation.

$\mathrm{C}\left(\mathrm{s}\right)+{\mathrm{O}}_2\left(\mathrm{g}\right)\to {\mathrm{CO}}_2\left(\mathrm{g}\right)$

• As we know that Diamond is an allotrope of Carbon when it burns in the presence of O₂ it will produce CO_2.