Question

Properties and uses of and graphite

Answer 1

Answer:

Graphite is a soft grayish-black greasy substance.

Explanation:

PROPERTIES OF GRAPHITE:

Graphite has following properties.

1)Graphite is soft, slippery, grayish-black substance.It has metallic luster and is opaque to light.

2)Specific gravity of graphite is 2.3.

3)Graphite is a good conductor of heat and electricity.

4)Chemically, graphite is slightly more reactive than diamond.

USES OF GRAPHITE:

The important uses of graphie are as follows.

1)The major use of graphite is in making lead pencils of different hardness, by mixing it ith different proportions of clay.

2)Due to its slippery nature, graphite is used as dry lubricant in machine parts.

3)The presence of free electrons makes graphite a good conductor of electricity and it is used to make electrodes.

4)Graphite has the ability to absorb fast-moving neutrons, thus, it is used in nuclear reactors to control the speed of the nuclear fission reaction.

Answer 2

$\sf{properties \: of \: graphite} \implies$

➝ Graphite is a greyish black opaque substance.It conduct electricity.

➝ Graphite is soft and slippery to touch.

➝ graphite arises because of the difference arrangements of carbon atoms in them.