explain the stucture of diamond
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Diamond has a giant molecularstructure. Each carbon atom is covalently bonded to four other carbon atoms. A lot of energy is needed to separate the atoms indiamond. This is because covalent bonds are strong, and diamondcontains very many covalent bonds.
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Diamond is made up of repeating units of carbon atoms joined to four other carbon atoms via the strongest chemical linkage, covalent bonds. Each carbon atom is in a rigid tetrahedral network where it is equidistant from its neighboring carbon atoms.
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