Question

Difference bitween graphite and diamond??

Answer 1

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Difference between graphite and diamond?

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Diamond:

• Diamond is an electrical insulator
• Diamond is usually transparent
• Diamond is one of the hardest materials

Graphite:

• Graphite is a good conductor of electricity.

• Graphite is opaque. Each C is sp3 hybridzed and forms 4 covalent bonds with neighboring C atoms.
• Graphite is soft, gray

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Where first time diamond found?

South Africa

The story of the modern diamond market really begins on the African continent, with the 1866 discovery of diamonds in Kimberley, South Africa. Entrepreneur Cecil Rhodes established De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited 22 years later, in 1888.

Answer 2

Answer:

Diamond:-

i)It is very hard

ii)It has high density

iii)It is a bad conductor of electricity

iv)Chemical reactivity is low

V)C--C bond length is 154pm

Graphite:-

i)It is very soft

ii)it has low density

iii)It is a good conductor of electricity

iv)Chemical reactivity is high

v)C--C bond length is 142pm

Explanation:

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