how do diamond and graphite differ in their structure?is there any effect of stucure on nature of these
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Both diamond and graphite are made entirely out of carbon, as is the more recently discovered buckminsterfullerene (a discrete soccer-ball-shaped molecule containing carbon 60 atoms). The way the carbon atoms are arranged in space, however, is different for the three materials, making them allotropes of carbon.
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Diamond and graphite both are subforms of carbon . Whereas diamond is purest form of carbon and on the other hand graphite is the amorphous form of carbon .
structure of diamond: Each carbon atom in diamond is joined to four other covalently joined atoms. the diamond crystal is regular tetrahedron having one carbon at each of its four corners and one carbon atom lying at its centre . This chain continues and leads to formation of a tight and closely formed rigid structures.
Structures of graphite : graphite has a layered structure . It is made of flat planar layers of carbon atoms . Each layers consist of hexagonal rings consisting of six carbon atoms . And it also contains covalently linked atoms .
structure of diamond: Each carbon atom in diamond is joined to four other covalently joined atoms. the diamond crystal is regular tetrahedron having one carbon at each of its four corners and one carbon atom lying at its centre . This chain continues and leads to formation of a tight and closely formed rigid structures.
Structures of graphite : graphite has a layered structure . It is made of flat planar layers of carbon atoms . Each layers consist of hexagonal rings consisting of six carbon atoms . And it also contains covalently linked atoms .
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