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Is diamond an insulator? What about graphite?

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Answered by aakankshaa
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Yes, diamond a tetrahedron structure of covalent bonds between carbon atoms is an insulator since it lacks free electrons.

Whereas graphite is a conductor of electricity since it has free electrons.

Answered by anshikaverma29
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Yes, diamond is a insulator and does not conduct electricity. But graphite is a perfect conductor of electricity. Both diamond and graphite are allotrope's of carbon but have very different properties from each other.

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