GENERAL GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -No, peanut butter can not be turned into diamonds. Peanut butter is made from peanuts which come from plants. Diamonds are either created in a lab or mined out of the ground and come from mineral sources.

Detailed explanation-2: -At around 3, 000 degrees, and over 5 million pounds per square inch, the carbon bonds within the peanut butter will break down, allowing them to be reformed as diamonds. However, diamonds made from peanut butter are generally very small. The largest produced to date are no bigger than sesame seeds.

Detailed explanation-3: -Because all foodstuffs (and for that matter, all living things) contain carbon, the researchers have successfully made diamonds out of everyone’s favorite sandwich ingredient: peanut butter. However, the hydrogen that’s bonded to the carbon in peanut butter apparently does make the process messier.

Detailed explanation-4: -To change the crystal structure of coal, you would need over 1000 times atmospheric pressure, at temperatures over 1000℃. Given the right conditions, it’s certainly possible to turn peanut butter–a carbon-rich material–into diamonds.

Detailed explanation-5: -Diamonds are made of carbon so they form as carbon atoms under a high temperature and pressure; they bond together to start growing crystals.