Can diamonds be disolved

Answer 1

Absolutely not. There is no water-based liquid which can decompose diamonds at room temperature. Maybe no room-temperature liquid of any kind. The bonds between carbons atoms in diamonds need a lot of energy to break, before otherwise natural reactions of carbon can occur. If you put stomach acid in a stainless steel pressure tank and heated it to 200-300C, you might dissolve a little of your diamond. Concentrated Phosphoric Acid dissolves glass and many rocks at 200C, and may have some effect on diamond. Pure, elemental brown liquid Bromine (Br2) comes close, but probably does not do it at room temperature. Even chlorine gas liquefied by pressure might not. Fluorine gas pressurized to 10 atmospheres could burn it with an intense white flame, but until the flame was ignited, the diamond would not dissolve. Whether a reaction occurs or stalls might actually depend on subtleties like the color of the diamond, or more precisely, its impurities and electrical carrier type. Yellowish Nitrogen-doped N-type diamonds might require a slightly higher temperature to start to dissolve than boron-doped P-type diamonds, when one is using an oxidizing chemical to dissolve it. Oxygen and Fluorine are oxidizers, liquid sodium is a reducer, and the HCL in stomach acid would be attempting a mixed reduction-oxidation reaction, which works well enough on some crystals. Molten Sodium Hydroxide + Sodium Nitrate at 400 degrees C might do a fair job of slowly dissolving diamonds completely. When done, you would have some sodium carbonate in the melt. Lots of molten metals do it, but they are all hotter than that. Molten iron is fast, but it is 1500C. I have had no real experience dissolving diamonds. The temperature thresholds described might be lower or higher than the reality. But it gives you the appropriate perspective that etching at room temperature is not likely for diamonds. About the only gem that stomach acid could etch would be a pearl. And it is a product of Biology, not geology.

Answer 2

• answ2. Diamonds cannot be dissolved - ordinarily. BUT as several folk have discovered, when using a diamond saw to cut iron, if the iron melts (and that is not difficult at those 'spark' temperatures), then the diamond will dissolve into the molten iron just as any bit of carbon would.

• A1. can a diamond be dissolved: i only think it could be dissolved in some things but not in watter, but i am not sure because i look up things up in Google

Another Answer

No, you cannot dissolve a diamond. It has the highest melting point of any mineral known and is impervious to any solution intended to dissolve matter.

Answer 3

Basically NO.

For a detailed expalnation, see http://www.nanomedicine.com/NMI/9.3.5.3.6.htm

Answer 4

Acids cannot dissolve diamond at room temperature and pressure.

Answer 5

No, diamonds are the hardest naturally occurring substance and cannot be dissolved in any common solvents. Their strong carbon-carbon bonds make them resistant to most chemical reactions.

Answer 6

Not if the diamond has been fully formed

Answer 7

Diamond is insoluble.

Answer 8

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