how many carbon altrotrops are there
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There are more than three allotropes of carbon. These include diamond, graphite , graphene, carbon nanotubes, fullerenes, and carbon nanobuds.
➨Diamond: It is extremely hard, transparent crystal, with the carbon atoms arranged in a tetrahedral lattice. This allotrope of carbon is a poor electrical conductor and an excellent thermal conductor.
➨Lonsdaleite: These are also called hexagonal diamond.
➨Graphene: It is the basic structural element of other allotropes, nanotubes, charcoal, and fullerenes.
➨Q-carbon: These carbon allotropes are ferromagnetic, tough, and brilliant crystal structure that is harder and brighter than diamonds.
➨Graphite: It is a soft, black, flaky solid, a moderate electrical conductor. The C atoms are bonded in flat hexagonal lattices (graphene), which are then layered in sheets.