Diamond
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Diamond is a solid form of pure carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal. Solides in different forms known as allotropes depending on the type of chemical bond. The twomon allotropes of pure carbon are diamond and graphite. In graphite the bonds are sp orbital hybridsand the atoms form in planes with each bound to three nearest neighbors 120 degrees apart. In diamond they are sp and the atoms form tetrahedra with each bound to four nearest neighbors. Tetrahedra are rigid, the
