What is the melting point of a diamond?
Diamond is a transparent crystal of tetrahedrally bonded carbon atoms and crystallizes into the face centered cubic diamond lattice structure. It has extremely high thermal conductivity (900 – 2320 W/m K), with a melting point of 3820 K (3547 °C / 6420 °F) and a boiling point of 5100 K (4827 °C / 8720 °F). Being a form of carbon, they can burn in the presence of oxygen if heated over 800°C. Nevertheless, in absence of oxygen they can stand higher temperatures.
