Why diamonds sparkle ?
Why diamonds sparkle ?
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Can anyone explain why are there diamonds that lack brilliance and others that glitter strikingly ?
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RE: Why diamonds sparkle ?
Blacksmith
RE: Why diamonds sparkle ?
Diffraction of light plays the key role in that however.
Are you looking to buy a wedding ring soon?
RE: Why diamonds sparkle ?
then its a matter of the high index of refraction of diamond 2.42 i think.
nick
RE: Why diamonds sparkle ?
EngineerDave, no I'm not planning to buy a wedding ring, but thanks for the idea anyway.
RE: Why diamonds sparkle ?
RE: Why diamonds sparkle ?
x-form into raw carbon.
(IIRC)
nick
RE: Why diamonds sparkle ?
Graphite does have lower free energy than diamond, so diamond can convert to graphite if there is sufficient activation energy. By the way, this energy is large.
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RE: Why diamonds sparkle ?
Boiling sulfuric! I hope they have a good fan.
Believe a heated diamond was used to dispense with the flogiston theory (an the diamond), by placing it into a container of pure oxygen...
RE: Why diamonds sparkle ?
regardless of the purpose of the test with a heated diamond, it would have been quite a sparkler, regardless of the index of refraction or how it was cut...
RE: Why diamonds sparkle ?