(a) What is buckminsterfullerene ? How is it related to diamond and graphite ?
(b) Why is diamond used for making cutting tools (like glass cutters) but graphite is not ?
(c) Why is graphite used for making dry cell electrodes but diamond is not ?
Lakhmir Singh Chemistry Class 10
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A. Buckminsterfullerene is an allotrope of carbon whose formula is C60. It is related to diamond and graphite coz these three are allotrope of carbon.
B. Diamond is used becoz of its hardness and also it has high melting n boiling point
C. Graphite is used coz it is a good conductor of electricity than diamond
B. Diamond is used becoz of its hardness and also it has high melting n boiling point
C. Graphite is used coz it is a good conductor of electricity than diamond
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a)Buckminsterfullerene is type of fullerenes with the formula C60.And as Diamond and Graphite are crystalline form of carbon and Buckminster fullerenes is also a form of crystalline form of carbon.
b)Diamond found in nature is very hard substence so it is used in cutting tools and as graphite found in nature is soft and brittle hence it is not used in cutting tools.
c)graphite is a good conductor of electricity as it has free electrons so it can be use for making dry cells whereas diamond is a bad conductor of electricity as it doesn't contain free electrons and hence not used in making hey cells.
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b)Diamond found in nature is very hard substence so it is used in cutting tools and as graphite found in nature is soft and brittle hence it is not used in cutting tools.
c)graphite is a good conductor of electricity as it has free electrons so it can be use for making dry cells whereas diamond is a bad conductor of electricity as it doesn't contain free electrons and hence not used in making hey cells.
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