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How do other elements fit into a diamond's carbon lattice (e.g. nitrogen in yellow diamonds)
Traditional pure-carbon diamonds have a simple structure (tetrahedral, if I'm not mistaken). But common types of diamonds have other elements within them. For example, yellow diamond has nitrogen in ...
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How is the covalency of terminal carbons of a diamond satisfied? [duplicate]
Are the terminal carbons of the diamond lattice remain bonded to some element like hydrogen?
Or, is it that they don't achieve octate in their outer shell?
