how does graphite act as a lubricant?
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Graphite is used as a lubricant because of its soft and slippery nature.
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Graphite as a lubricant:
- Graphite is considered as one of the allotropes of the element called carbon.
- It is dark black and is naturally occurring as mineral and is artificially prepared from coke.
- Structurally in graphite, each carbon atom is joined together with 3 other carbon atom through a weak bond called Vander Waal forces and gives a layer like appearance.
- As the layers are bonded together with the weak force, graphite has the sliding ability.
- This sliding ability accounts for graphite's usage as lubricant.
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