Fireleaper Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Hi guys I'm trying to come up with a character concept and I need a small amount of help. The character is a "person" who is made out of pure Diamond. Unfortunately I don't know how much weight a man sized piece of diamond would weigh. Any help would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garou Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Re: Worth his weight in Diamond A fairly brief search shows that diamonds have an average specific gravity of about 3.5. IIRC, a human has a specific gravity of about 1.0 (with some variety, since some people float better than others). So, you would probably figure about 350 kilos for a human-sized chunk of diamond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest steamteck Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Re: Worth his weight in Diamond diamond weighs 41.6 pounds per sq foot or 3200 kil/ cubic meter or a little over 3 times water if that helps. I don't know what flesh weighs per cubic meter but if its close to water, He'd weigh about three times what he ought to for his size. oops didn't type fast enough. At least we came up with similar numbers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper-Man Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Re: Worth his weight in Diamond Hi guys I'm trying to come up with a character concept and I need a small amount of help. The character is a "person" who is made out of pure Diamond. Unfortunately I don't know how much weight a man sized piece of diamond would weigh. Any help would be appreciated. The human body is roughly the same density as an equal volume of water. At 4°C pure water has a density (weight or mass) of about 1 g/cu.cm, 1 g/ml, 1 kg/litre, 1000 kg/cu.m, 1 tonne/cu.m or 62.4 lb/cu.ft Carbon has a density of 2.26 in the graphite form and 3.51 in the diamond form. So it stands to reason that a man sized piece of diamond would weigh ~ 3.51 x his "normal" weight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Re: Worth his weight in Diamond A similar question can be found here. It's just a matter of relative density. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 Re: Worth his weight in Diamond 3.5 appears to be the 'close enough for government work' answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 Re: Worth his weight in Diamond This is a hoot! Where else can you ask about a character concept in real physics terms and get answers quickly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireleaper Posted February 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 Re: Worth his weight in Diamond Thank you all for the help. Now I know how much simulated density increase to give him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
input.jack Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 Re: Worth his weight in Diamond Dont forget the Disad (10) Hunted: Greedy mobs of people with jeweler's loups and chisels! The character's dandruff alone is worth 15 points of Wealth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 Re: Worth his weight in Diamond OTOH, Life Support Safe in High Pressure should be almost a freebie. There's approx nothing known that withstands pressure better than diamond, which is one reason for the invention of the diamond anvil cell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Certified Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 Re: Worth his weight in Diamond Dont forget the Disad (10) Hunted: Greedy mobs of people with jeweler's loups and chisels! The character's dandruff alone is worth 15 points of Wealth! Hunted: De Beers 14- (Mo Pow, NCI, Capture) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Beers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapsedgamer Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 Re: Worth his weight in Diamond Can't you see some villlain trying to blow this guy up just to collect the pieces and retire on the spot. Could you by some kind of hand-to-hand killing attack to represent scratcthing any hard substances with a lower DEF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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