• Question: how could I make a diamond?

    Asked by Emma to Greg, Laura, Mobeen, Paul on 16 Mar 2016.
    • Photo: Paul O'Mahoney

      Paul O'Mahoney answered on 16 Mar 2016:

      I think you can make diamonds by putting carbon under extreme pressure. And according to this guide, you can make a (very, very small) diamond at home! http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-a-Synthetic-Diamond/?ALLSTEPS

    • Photo: Laura Haworth

      Laura Haworth answered on 16 Mar 2016:

      Wouldn’t it be good if we could make our own and didn’t have to pay lots of money for diamonds.

      Apparently though you can make them from peanut butter according to this:

    • Photo: Greg Melia

      Greg Melia answered on 16 Mar 2016:

      Get a job in a diamond factory!

      Diamonds are made all the time: they’re the hardest substance known to man so they’re used in things like industrial drill bits and knife blades. The diamonds you see in posh necklaces are ones we dig up from the ground, but for drill bits we use synthetic diamonds that we’ve made ourselves.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_diamond

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