the guy Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 what happens to the molecular stucture of diamond at the surface? because there is obviously no other carbon atom to bond to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horza2002 Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 You normally get dangling bonds. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangling_bond The outer atoms tend to hybridise differently so that they can form the required number of bonds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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