Friday, 13 March 2015

thermodynamics - Since the formation of diamond from Graphite is endothermic and the entropy decreases for this process, how is it possible to make diamond?


Surely G would always be positive and thus would make it impossible to make diamond. Clearly this is not the case. But how? Would an increase or decrease in temperature aid it's formation? I think a decrease in temperature would favor diamond but wouldn't this contradict le chatilier's principle?




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