How many molecules are there in…?

• A 1 g diamond?
• A 10 g diamond?
• A 100 g diamond?
• A 500 g diamond?
• A 633 g diamond? (I thinks it’s the largest one found so far (source).

The unique answer

to all the above questions is:

ONE

No matter the size of the diamond it is formed by a single molecule.
In diamonds, the electronic clouds of the atoms don’t stick around each atom. Instead, the clouds spread around the all the atoms. This is what makes the diamonds very hard.

See you tomorrow for more “Useless information”
RMach

Source: George Betsch & Sharon Mcgrayne.“The atom”. In Encyclopaedia Britannica. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, ed., 1989.