Diamond is composed of a network of
carbon atoms joined by
single
bonds.
VSEPR
and other theories predict that the C-C-C
bond
angles in diamond are 109.5
o. The empirical C-C-C
bond
angle in diamond (as determined via
x-ray
diffraction by physicists Sir William Lawrence Bragg and Sir
William Henry Bragg in 1913), verifying the theoretical
predictions. Click on the image to see a three-dimensional 'tour'
through the diamond
structure.
