Diamond and graphite are two allotropic froms of carbon, which can be converted into each other under some specific conditions.
Would it be possible to develop a hypothetical enzyme or chemical catalyst for conversion of graphite to diamond at room temperature and normal pressure?
Provide sufficient reasoning for your answer.
Catalysts and enzymes speed up chemical reactions. Graphite and diamond are both pure carbon. The transformation from one to the other is not a chemical reaction, but instead a physical one.
Changing from one to another requires energy to rearrange the bonds between atoms. The graphite bonds are more stable so graphite is the preferred configuration of atoms. To get diamond you need energy and very high pressure.
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Posted by Jer
on 2023-06-28 09:44:49 |
My take
