Is diamond an insulator? What about graphite?
Answers
Answered by
0
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
0
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.
Similar questions