How is coal turned into diamonds?
The basic material in coal is carbon and diamonds are made entirely of carbon atoms. Both coal and diamonds are made in the earth’s crust, but very different recipes are used to make them. Coal is not a step in the diamond making process and our coal deposits are not destined to become vast layers of glittering diamonds. Only l3 elements in the earth’s crust are more plentiful than carbon. Its atoms are used by all plants and animals to make hydrocarbon molecules and they are present in all organic chemicals. Its atomic number is six, which means that its atom has six protons in the nucleus and an orbiting system of six electrons. Carbon is one of life’s vital elements and united with other elements it forms thousands of chemical compounds. Charcoal, made mostly from carbon, was known in prehistoric times. sooty smoke is made mostly of carbon particles and so is the lead in a pencil. This so called lead is a soft, waxy mineral called graphite and most graphite is the final stage in the
