Trivia Questions for Carbon

·  Why did James Bond use a wine to test for the authenticity of his diamond?

·  How much pressure must Superman apply, at room temperature, to change graphite or fullerenes into diamond crystals?

·  Why is DeBeer's statement that "A diamond is forever" not quite accurate?

·  How much surface area does one gram of activated charcoal possess?

·  Are we really using lead in our pencils ?

· $$$What is the market price for the various forms of carbon?

·  Why does a real diamond feel cooler than its "fake" cubic zirconia counterpart?

· What was the filaments in the earliest electric light bulbs made from?

·   What is the roundest molecule in nature?

·   Why does graphite conduct electricity better than diamond?

·    What form of carbon is one of the hardest materials on earth?

·   Why do the carbon forms look so different?

·   Why does diamond behave chemically different from graphite or the fullerenes?

·   What is carbon?
 
 

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