Diamond chemical structure model
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A model of the chemical structure of diamond, one of the possible forms of carbon.
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Carbon is a very insteresting element. It can be present in nature in several forms. One of these forms is diamond, a very hard material. This is a model for diamonds chemical structure. In diamond all of the carbon atoms are in a tetrahedral geometry.
To make this model I found a very oddily shaped diamond .PDB structure on a database and I edited it on Avogadro (a free molecule editing software). It would be very dificult to print the original structure or to see the geometry. PDB is a format used for chemical structures. From Avogadro I exported a new .PDB file, which I opened in Chimera (another free software). Finally, I exported the scene as a .STL file for 3D printing.
To print, adjust the scale in your slicing software. I used a brim to increase bed adesion.
This model is part of a collection of molecular models for teaching. I also have a carbon nanotube model.