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		mcpackieh on Sept 26, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google is picking ChatGPT responses from Quora as ... Carbon will never melt at atmospheric pressure, you need more than 100 atmospheres of pressure to melt carbon. Otherwise it just sublimates straight to gas.

chmod600 on Sept 26, 2023 [–]

What gas does it sublimate into?

mcpackieh on Sept 26, 2023 | [–]

Gaseous carbon.

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