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Boron is carbon's neighbor on the periodic table, which means it can do a passable carbon impression and wriggle its way into the matrix of a diamond. But it has one fewer electron, so it can't quite form the same four perfect bonds.
Sam Kean
Sam Kean
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Diamond, Way, Neighbor, Table, Perfect, Periodic, Impression, Matrix, Same, Fewer, Quite, Form, Which, Means, Electron, Carbon, Four, Bonds

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