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ahoka on Sept 26, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google is picking ChatGPT responses from Quora as ...

Even diamonds can melt. Coincidentally they melt at the same temperature.

mcpackieh on Sept 26, 2023 [–]

Carbon will never melt at atmospheric pressure, you need more than 100 atmospheres of pressure to melt carbon. Otherwise it just sublimates straight to gas.

chmod600 on Sept 26, 2023 | [–]

What gas does it sublimate into?

mcpackieh on Sept 26, 2023 | | [–]

Gaseous carbon.

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