05-02-2010, 09:29 PM
Team Chemistry
Many teams have a chemical make-up like that of graphite,
the carbon-based material used in pencils.
It has strong lateral bonds within a given level or strata,
but weak horizontal bonds between its strata.
If you were to look at a chemical model of graphite from the side,
it would look like this:
![[Image: graphite2.gif]](http://www.everyscience.com/Chemistry/Inorganic/Carbon/.images/graphite2.gif)
Like slate rock, graphite will shatter into thin, flat plates
under stress.
The best teams have a chemical make-up that is also like another substance made of pure carbon, but the chemical bonds among its molecules are equally strong in all directions.
Each molecule has a bond with the next nearest molecule in any direction, giving it strength and stability in 3 and 4 dimensions.
![[Image: diamond-structure-bonding.jpeg]](http://news.internetstones.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/diamond-structure-bonding.jpeg)
Formed under intense heat and pressure, it is the hardest substance known to man; it is used to drill out rock and steel.
Yet, because of the interlocking and multi-dimensional depth and surface that this structure has, it presents to the viewer an exquisitely-colorful image of brilliance and clarity that is highly prized.
This chemical structure is the diamond.
Many teams have a chemical make-up like that of graphite,
the carbon-based material used in pencils.
It has strong lateral bonds within a given level or strata,
but weak horizontal bonds between its strata.
If you were to look at a chemical model of graphite from the side,
it would look like this:
Like slate rock, graphite will shatter into thin, flat plates
under stress.
The best teams have a chemical make-up that is also like another substance made of pure carbon, but the chemical bonds among its molecules are equally strong in all directions.
Each molecule has a bond with the next nearest molecule in any direction, giving it strength and stability in 3 and 4 dimensions.
From one side, it looks like this, but no matter how you turn it, it appears equally strong.
Formed under intense heat and pressure, it is the hardest substance known to man; it is used to drill out rock and steel.
Yet, because of the interlocking and multi-dimensional depth and surface that this structure has, it presents to the viewer an exquisitely-colorful image of brilliance and clarity that is highly prized.
This chemical structure is the diamond.
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