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BASF Podcast: The Chemical Reporter - What's the difference in carbon between a pencil lead and a diamond?

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The lead of a pencil is made out of the
mineral graphite, which is one of the forms - or 'allotropes' - of 
the element carbon. Diamond is another. It's also made up of pure 
elemental carbon. But even though both materials are made of only 
carbon atoms, they have strikingly different physical properties. 
Graphite is soft, while diamond is the hardest naturally-occurring 
mineral. How can one and the same element take on such different 
forms? In entertaining episodes our Chemical Reporter answers 
questions of our Podcast listeners on Chemistry in our everyday life.
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