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- ?Lv 74 years agoFavorite Answer
It burns, but not exactly like coal. Coal has other elements like H, N, and S. Coal has a variety of hydrocarbon molecules and burns at a lower temperature than diamond.
Diamonds will burn. In fact if the diamond is pure carbon, it will leave no ash, disappearing as CO2 gas. This has been reported by insurance companies after structure fires.
- Link HLv 64 years ago
Diamonds burn. That is how it was determined that diamonds were made of carbon. After a diamond burns in oxygen, nothing but CO2 remains.
- busterwasmycatLv 74 years ago
if you get it hot enough. Something like 900 degrees C depending on how much free oxygen is in the system.
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