contentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 months agoA cool guide about Rain on different worldsi.redd.itimagemessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1180arrow-down17file-text
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minus-squarejerkface@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down8·4 months agoglass and diamonds are solids; precipitation but not rain
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-24 months agoDepends on the temperature, and the pressure. Under enough pressure you can actually get liquid diamond.
minus-squarenova_ad_vitum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoBut is it in the tetrahedral geometry that characterizes diamond? Cause otherwise it’s just liquid carbon.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoIt’s a solid in the same way sand is. It’s small enough to act as a liquid.
glass and diamonds are solids; precipitation but not rain
Depends on the temperature, and the pressure.
Under enough pressure you can actually get liquid diamond.
But is it in the tetrahedral geometry that characterizes diamond? Cause otherwise it’s just liquid carbon.
It’s a solid in the same way sand is. It’s small enough to act as a liquid.