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How is it possible that charcoal, graphite, and diamonds are largely composed of the same element?
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How is it possible that charcoal, graphite, and diamonds are largely composed of the same element?

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Both graphite and diamonds are made out of pure carbon. The chemical composition of the two is exactly the same. This makes graphite and diamonds allotropes of carbon along with amorphous, which is commonly called soot or carbon black.

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