Question

What is the melting and boiling point of a diamond?

Answer 1

Diamond:

• Diamond has a crystalline structure.
• Diamond has a covalent structure in which each carbon atom is bonded to four other carbon atoms via covalent bonds.
• It has the highest hardness as well as high thermal conductivity.
• A lot of energy is needed to detach the atoms in a diamond as there is strong covalent bonding due to which the melting, as well as the boiling point of the diamond, is very high.

Melting and boiling points of diamond:

• The melting point of the diamond is about $4,{027}^{\mathrm{o}}\mathrm{C}$ $\left(7,{280}^{\mathrm{o}}\mathrm{F}\right)$.
• The boiling point of the diamond is very high which is $4,{830}^{\mathrm{o}}\mathrm{C}$.