How tall could a tower be if it were made of a single solid diamond?

>>7755405
Taller than the tallest steel building, since diamond is the hardest metal.

>>7755413
/sci/ - Pseudoscience and Memes

exactly 2 tall

>>7755405

about the height of a diamond

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>I'm honestly curious

>>7755413
>diamond is the hardest metal
doesn't realise diamond is just crystallised carbon and carbon isn't a metal?

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>>7756233
>not recognizing one of the oldest of pastas

about a tenner

>>7756233
doesn't realize that metallic or inuslative properties have to do with the fermi-level of the material which in turn has to do with the electronic configuration of the molelcular structure, which is not dictated by the electronic structure of atomic species alone, and that therefore, it is possible to produce metallic carbon.

http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/diamond/diamprop.htm

Compressive strength: ~ 110 GPa
Density: 3.52 g/cm^3

That should be enough to work out a rough estimate for the maximum height of a tower for a given cross sectional area.

>>7756327
but is that metallic carbon diamond?

>>7756333
it is theoretically possible to produce a diamond structure carbon material with no bandgap. either with dopants (colored diamond), or under extreme conditions, or perhaps by perturbing the electrons by an outside force.

but no, standard "diamond" is not metallic. we all know this. the meme is shit-tier and should die. but then again, all repetitive and mindless spouting of memes is shit-tier and belongs on /b/, no /sci/

>>7756331
actually you want to know the tensile strength. it is far more likely that a slight imperfection in the tower orientation will cause a crack resulting in a collapse long before the compression strength comes into play.

>>7756272
nevertheless metal is technically a type of crystal and can be infused with a large amount of carbon.

A diamond is defined by it's crystaline, as opposed to amorpheous structure. Crystals have atoms that are interacting to form structures, whereas amorpheous matter is just atoms clumped together.

Crystals aren't perfect on anything close to a macroscopic scale, so imagine it more like many diamonds that fit together like a jig-saw puzzle. When such a crystal breaks, it shatters like glass. The diamonds would break into more and more diamonds.

This results in amorpheous carbon between crystal carbon. Eventually, the structure would fail.

The solution is to make a composite, where you have polymers of a very stiff material of many different lengths in a very elastic material. Diamond dust in rubber, as an example.

Well, were missing some factors here: how wide is the base, how pure is the diamond, where is it being built, etc

The towers shape, too, plays an important role. Also do normal earth like conditions apply, or is it being built in a vacuum or on the moon even. Anon, please specify.

Though, structurally diamond is very hard yes, but also brittle. It lacks needed tensile strength. The building or tower could not be very tall due to the strength related limitations of the material.

Though, based on the lack of limitation provided by the poster, we can actually say that the tower could be infinitely tall as no restrictions were placed on width and depth of the tower.
Your answer then, OP
> the tower could be infinitely tall

>>7756941
>how wide is the base
Let's just go with 5" diameter cylinder.

>how pure is the diamond
100%

>where is it being built
let's say it starts at sea level on the equator.

>>7756950
>The towers shape, too, plays an important role.
I'll settle for a perfect cylinder

>Also do normal earth like conditions apply
Yes.

>>7756342
Look, just give him an answer...
14 feet, op. Because diamonds are expensive 14 ft tall is all we can afford.