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Diamond vs. Pencil

Diamond vs. Pencil

FromChemistry in Everyday Life


Diamond vs. Pencil

FromChemistry in Everyday Life

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Length:
12 minutes
Released:
Apr 11, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

On the surface, a diamond and a pencil have nothing in common. One is one of the hardest and valuable materials known to man and the other is a pencil, an everyday object that many people use on a daily basis to write, draw or the medium between the two: scribble. But once we leave the surface behind us and look closer on a chemical level the differences between a diamond and a pencil are actually not that big.
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Useful Links
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_structure
Released:
Apr 11, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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Chemistry in Everyday Life is a podcast that aims to explain the fascinating world of chemistry to lay people with the help of common examples encountered all around us.