Sudanshu made a model of the unit cell of diamond. It resembled the unit cell of ZnS. If the unit cell of ZnS has 4 units of ZnS per unit cell. It has the same packing efficiency as ZnS. But diamond is the hardest known substance. (a) What is the number of atoms of carbon per unit cell of diamond? (b) Why diamond is the hardest known substance? (c) What is the value that Sudanshu can derive from these facts?
The number of carbon atoms per unit cell of diamond unit cell is
The number of carbon atoms per unit cell of diamond unit cell is
Cell wall is made up of
A : Number of carbon atoms per unit cell in diamond is 8. R : The structure of diamond is similar to ZnS.