DIAMOND

Kit Contents:
57 tetrahedral carbon atom centers
82 bonds
139 total pieces
Assembly instructions in a PDF form on this website.

This model demonstrates the bonding in a network solid. Contrast sp³ hybridization in diamond with sp² in graphite and the fullerenes. Lack of mobile electrons in diamond explains its nonconducting nature ( Cf. loose pi electrons in graphite and fullerenes).

Instrustions PDF