what causes diamond to be more lustrous than graphite if they're the same element? (1 Viewer)

[anonymoushehe]

this is for allotropes and I'm still confused how interactions between light and their structure causes this difference in lustre pls explain someone

 

[kkk579]

Isnt it just the way the atoms are arranged in diamond allowing it to have lustre

 

[kkk579]

Isnt it just the way the atoms are arranged in diamond allowing it to have lustre

I dont remember having to go so in depth just for allottopes of carbon

 

[anonymoushehe]

I dont remember having to go so in depth just for allottopes of carbon

You probably actually don’t but I study better when I like actually understand why smthing happens instead of accepting it if it makes sense

 

[kkk579]

You probably actually don’t but I study better when I like actually understand why smthing happens instead of accepting it if it makes sense

Yeah im the same but this is such a tiny part of mod1 chem so i didnt rlly bother going in depth ykwim, also the peak booklets didnt rlly go in depth much either so i assumed thats all we needed to know