diamond lattice
tetrahedral sp³ network. each carbon bonded to four neighbours at 1.544 Å. hardest known natural material, mohs 10.0. transparent, isotropic, refractive index 2.418.
carbon observation archive — all readings nominal
tetrahedral sp³ network. each carbon bonded to four neighbours at 1.544 Å. hardest known natural material, mohs 10.0. transparent, isotropic, refractive index 2.418.
atmospheric reading, observatory altitude 3397 m. last sample 2026-03-27T11:53Z.
single-atom sp² hexagonal lattice. tensile strength 130 GPa, electron mobility 2.0×10⁵ cm²/V·s. observation log 22.
truncated icosahedron. 60 vertices, 90 edges, 12 pentagons, 20 hexagons. discovered 1985, kroto, curl & smalley.
CH₄ atmospheric mixing ratio, 30-day rolling mean.
stacked graphene planes, weak van der waals interlayer bonding. anisotropic conductor, lubricant, electrode material.
station barometric series. 14-day window, sample interval 6 minutes. nominal envelope shaded.
hexagonal diamond polymorph. formed from graphite under shock compression. theoretically 58% harder than cubic diamond.
downlink integrity, last 24 h. radial arc representation.
rolled graphene cylinder. chiral vector (n,m) determines metallicity. tensile strength approaching theoretical limits.
δ¹³C deviation against VPDB standard.
last reference gas verification, drift compensation table.
dot-matrix density representation of c-c bond length distributions across allotropes (1.40 – 1.55 Å).
downlink window, ground station SAGAMIHARA.
elapsed since last packet
face-centered cubic unit cell schematic. lattice parameter a = 3.567 Å.
carbon, Z=6. ground state.
1s² 2s² 2p²
specimen catalog summary.