Question: Careful, precise and complete reasoning is needed for all items. Diamonds and graphite are both pure carbon, i.e., they are composed of carbon atoms only.

 Careful, precise and complete reasoning is needed for all items. Diamonds

Careful, precise and complete reasoning is needed for all items. Diamonds and graphite are both pure carbon, i.e., they are composed of carbon atoms only. But the density of diamond is 3.51 g/cm and the density of graphite is 2.26 g/cm . Use this information to answer the following questions. 1) How does the number of carbon atoms in each cubic centimeter of diamond compare to the number in each cubic centimeter of graphite? How do you know? 2) How does the space between the carbon atoms in diamond compare to the space between the carbon atoms in graphite? 3) Suppose another substance had the same space between its atoms as the graphite does between it carbon atoms, but the new substance had atoms that are three times more massive than the carbon atoms. How would the density of the new substance compare to that of graphite? 4) Suppose another substance has the same density as diamond, but its particles have only one third the mass of carbon atoms. Compared to diamond how many particles of this new substance will be in each cubic centimeter

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