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Problem 15.12E (HRW)

Carbon crystallises as diamond at 10000 C under a pressure of 4.0 GPa. We have to find the minimum depth at which diamonds can form under the subsurface rocks having density 3.1 gm cm-3. We can assume, as in a fluid, the pressure is due to the weight of material lying above.

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The density of surface rocks is .

Pressure at a depth of h m below above type of rock material will be

Depth h at which the pressure will be is given by the relation