DIAMOND

$25.05

SKU: DIA-1 Category: Carbon Allotropes

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Kit Contents:
57 trigonal planar carbon atom centers
82-1.25" PVC, clear bonds
139 total pieces
Assembly instructions PDF 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).