Its eponymous lattice consists of two face-centered cubic lattices shifted 1/4 along the length of the body diagonal, with each atom covalently bonded to four atoms in the other lattice.
Its eponymous lattice consists of two face-centered cubic lattices shifted 1/4 along the length of the body diagonal, with each atom covalently bonded to four atoms in the other lattice. Though its decay is thermodynamically favorable, the very high activation energy means that for all practical purposes, it will never change into the other allotrope. Nickolai Polushin helped develop a synthetic system that is currently being marketed by Gemesis. For ten points, what is this extremely thermally conductive, insulating, and hard allotrope of carbon?
Its eponymous lattice consists of two face-centered cubic lattices shifted 1/4 along the length of the body diagonal, with each atom covalently bonded to four atoms in the other lattice.
Diamond