Question

Diamond is made up of flat planar layers of $\mathrm{Carbon}$ atoms.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is B False

• Diamond is one of the allotropic forms of $\mathrm{Carbon}\left(\mathrm{C}\right)$.
• Diamond is the purest form of $\mathrm{Carbon}$.
• In diamonds, each $\mathrm{Carbon}\mathrm{atom}\left(\mathrm{C}\right)$ is joined to four other $\mathrm{Carbon}$atoms by a covalent bond.
• Diamond has a structure of regular tetrahedron that has one $\mathrm{Carbon}\mathrm{atom}\left(\mathrm{C}\right)$at each of its four corners and one $\mathrm{Carbon}\mathrm{atom}\left(\mathrm{C}\right)$ at the center.
• Each $\mathrm{Carbon}\mathrm{atom}\left(\mathrm{C}\right)$ present at the corner is further attached to three more $\mathrm{Carbon}\mathrm{atoms}$ and so on.
• As a result, diamonds appear to be a three-dimensional rigid structure.

Thus, the given statement is false i.e, a Diamond is made up of flat planar layers of $\mathrm{Carbon}$ atoms.