Burning of diamonds in the flow of Oxygen

Synthetic diamonds heated in the Oxygen flow in a quartz tube up to ignition.
Notice a blue flame of burning intermediate Carbon monoxide.

[prwexler]

Wow, I've wanted to see diamond combustion, for a long time. Thanks for sharing.

There definitely is something strange about seeing diamonds burn, considering that diamonds are supposed to be forever.

[lordtaw]

This is how the chairman of De Beers heats his mansion.

[s]

Always nice to see how politely people point things out on the internet. If it left any soot behind that would be fullerine, though.

[cowgoesmoo]

Finally reminds us that diamonds are just carbon...

[edwardlaverick]

"Shine bright like a diamond", finally that song makes sense...

[jakevanwagoner]

Burninating the country side,
burninating the diamonds
burninating all the peasants
and DeBeer's THATCHED ROOF COTTAGES!
THATCHED ROOF COTTAGES!

And then Trogdor comes in the

[Jeeeeer]

This satisfies my science craving of the day.

[brotherindy]

My diamonds burned when I dropped them in lava. Then my efficiency 4 pickaxe broke

[xLGHTBRNGRx]

I don't know about you, but I like my diamonds well done

[INVE]

So rich I grill my steaks with diamonds.

[matthewai]

xkcd.com brought me here. What if fans reunite!

[Tuckerscreator]

"This girl's best friend is on "This girl's best friend is on

[tiltedtesseract]

a minecraft player's worst nightmare.

[awbrynes]

You know you are faaaar too rich when this becomes your hobby.

[micahwest]

Anyone else see what looked like electric discharges starting at about 1:00 and after? Or are those just sparks or something? Also, one diamond on the edge looked like it was moved by magnetism at about 1:10

[jim]

I would REALLY like to see some more information on this. As in: How much "oxygen" was flowing (was it just air? How much air?) How heavy was the stuff before and after? What was left over? - Reason being, it's not all burned up, and those are "diamonds" with plenty of impurities, so why did it stop burning, and what was left over?

[bobiseverywhere]

That's one expensive way to heat your house

[gotablet]

Imagine your diamonds disappearing into thin air

[Myzelfa]

My favorite part of this is that the diamonds caramelize.
Does this require pure oxygen, or can it be done in air at a higher temperature?

[ductape]

Это было удивительно, как пламя хранятся записи на алмазы. Очень увлекательное видео.
Я на самом деле не говорят на русском, я просто использовал переводчик, но отличное видео!