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Why diamond is hard and graphite is soft when both are carbon
Diamond and graphite are both pure carbon, yet diamond is 10 on the Mohs scale and graphite is 1 to 2. The difference is not the atoms;
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Diamond and graphite are both pure carbon, yet diamond is 10 on the Mohs scale and graphite is 1 to 2. The difference is not the atoms;

Magnetism comes from electrons: their spin and orbits make each atom a tiny magnet. In iron, quantum forces align these atomic magnets into