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Difference between diamond and graphite
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Answer 1

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In a dimond, each carbon atom is covalently bounded to four other carbon atoms along four corners of regular tetrahedron. ... Diamond is hard due to strong covalent bonds present in it. In a Graphite, carbon atoms are bounded together in a flat layers by an strong covalent bonds in a regular haxagon.

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Answer 2

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Graphite and diamond, both are allotropes of carbon, so, they have the same chemical properties. But, in graphite, each carbon atom shares electrons with 3 other carbon atoms, whereas in diamond, each carbon atom shares electrons with 4 other carbon atoms. ... Diamond is super strong, whereas graphite is brittle and soft.