>>3
yeah go drive into a diamond wall and tell me it's not metal
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Anonymous2009-05-27 21:40
I'm not sure on Diamond being classified as a metal. I mean, I understand that it is a gem(stone); I just don't know if Carbon (which is all a diamond is) isn't considered a metal.
When you have steel, that is merely carbon trapped in a iron matrix.
Clarification would be nice. :)
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Anonymous2009-05-27 21:55
>>6
Carbon is a non-metal. It never (..errr maybe rarely) loses electrons when it bonds. It's not a good conductor. It's not malleable. And diamond is definitely not a metal.
Diamond is a mineral. It is also the hardest known natural mineral.
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4tran2009-05-28 16:53
In case you guys haven't figured it out, mineral hardness refers to the ability to resist scratching. It says nothing about brittleness/ductility.
Since diamond has negligible flexibility, crashing into a wall of diamond will most likely cause the wall to fracture, leading to less than otherwise expected damage to the car.
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Anonymous2009-06-02 7:05
>>7
Just to clarify, carbon can easily lose electrons when bonding (ie oxidation). I think you mean that the electrons of elemental carbon is NOT delocalized like metals.
>>13
Yeah, I meant in ionic compounds. Forgot to put that in :P
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Anonymous2009-06-02 14:26
>>7
Carbon never really loses an electron but there are reactions in organic chemistry which there are cases where an intermediate of a reaction actually can be positive or even negative. It can be positive in reactions dealing with a carbonyl group where momentarily the double bond breaks and one electron pair goes to the oxygen. A case where the carbon is negatively charges is with a Gringard reaction.
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Anonymous2009-06-02 15:41
Mycockanate is the hardest metal known to man and woman.