What exactly is it about diamonds that make them the hardest

its chemical configuration

>diamonds
>metal

kek

>>8307494
Its all about quantum metallicity. When the left-quark induces spin in the q-space it makes it increase in hardness exponentially

>>8307501
lurk more fig newton

>>8307506
I don't know enough about physics to be sure, but I do know enough to say that really sounds like bullshit.

>>8307579
>I don't know enough about physics
exactly, brainlet. you better stop posting and keep lurking

>>8307579
>he doesn't know about sublimated q-matter physics

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>>8307579

>>8307501
>being new
here's your (you)

>>8307494
Diamonds are not a metal, they are covalent crystals.
The structure of the crystal makes the bonds extremely effective against abrassion.
How come there isn't even one right answer in this thread? Is really /sci/ full of pseudo-scientists?

>>8309813
I remember when I was new

>>8309813
Have you even read the Pitt paper? Didn't think so. So shut the fuck up. Results were pretty undeniable.

>>8309818
<he can't the the several layers of irony

>>8307494
They aren't as hard as the true strongest matter, Perceptronium.

>>8307506
Yeah the equations governing metallicty are quite elegant for diamonds. It really shows the beauty of strength of metals.

>>8307494
wait... I remember this... Something like this was already asked like half a year or more before. And since I refuse to believe that people believe that diamonds are a metal I'm going to assume you are shitposting

>>8309965
>already asked like half a year
This is one of those dank memes from /b/ in 2008. Little did they know that their memes would turn out to be true, as per >>8307506
Left-quarks are the most common source of quantum metallicity, but they weren't discovered until after 2008.

>>8307494
The structure of its atoms makes it incredibly strong. Instead of another carbon thing like graphite which is quite soft, its carbon atoms form a tetrahedron like shape which makes it hard to break. I'm no expert though

>diamonds
>hardest anything

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69fr5bNiEfc

>>8307494
Gtfo, meme-monkey

Sage

>>8307494
>metal