Diamond

Diamond

(C) Diamond is industrial-grade, high density carbon. It is very difficult to excavate.

Type

Miscellaneous

Chemical Symbol

C

Melting Point

3926.85 °C / 7100.33 °F

Melts into

Liquid Carbon (SHC: 0.71)

Specific Heat Capacity

0.516 $\frac{\text{DTU}}{\text{g}{}^{\circ }\text{C}}$ / 0.29 $\frac{\text{DTU}}{\text{g}{}^{\circ }\text{F}}$

Thermal Conductivity

80 $\frac{\text{DTU}}{\text{m}\text{s}{}^{\circ }\text{C}}$ / 44.44 $\frac{\text{DTU}}{\text{m}\text{s}{}^{\circ }\text{F}}$

Hardness

250 (Super Duper Hard)

Strength

2.5

Light Absorption Factor

10%

Radiation Absorption Factor

80%

Molar Mass

12.0107 $\frac{\text{g}}{\text{mol}}$

Default Mass

700 kg

Max Mass

1840 kg

Overheat Temperature

+200 °C / +360 °F

Decor

+100 %

Properties

Solid, General Buildable, Transparent, Bait

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Diamond is a generic building material that is only obtainable in the Oil Biome, where it is present in moderately limited quantity.

A Duplicant must learn the Superduperhard Digging Skill to excavate Diamond.

Usage

Only Tempshift Plates, Window Tiles, Park Signs, and Aero Pots can be built from Diamond (plus the Monument Top, where Diamond is one of the required materials). Its high Thermal Conductivity and melting temperature make it one of the best materials for Tempshift Plates. When building Window Tiles and Aero Pots, its decor modifier of +100% is relevant.

It also increases overheat temperature by 200 °C. However, none of the buildings it can be used for have an overheat temperature, so this quality has no in-game effect.

Radiant Bugs can eat Diamond, and it can be used in Airborne Critter Trap to attract Radiant Bugs.

In Spaced Out!, the Drillcone requires Diamond to operate.

The Ancient Specimen story trait produces Fossil from Diamond in a 1:100 ratio (1 kg Diamond = 100 kg Fossil), once the story trait is completed.

Production

• The Diamond Press can create Diamond from Refined Carbon and Radbolts.
  • After completing the Ancient Specimen story trait, a resource-positive loop is made possible, effectively converting 1kg Diamond into 38kg Diamond:
    1kg Diamond > 100kg Fossil > Rock Crusher (95kg Sedimentary Rock) > Stone Hatch (47.5kg Coal) > Kiln (38kg Refined Carbon) > Diamond Press (38kg Diamond)

Trivia

• Although not all thermal conductivity values in the game represent the real life values, diamond is notable, as its thermal conductivity in real life would be 2200 DTU/(m*s) / °C (natural diamond), more than 27 times the in-game value.

See Also

• Glass