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________ is soft and slippery with a basic pattern of hexagonal rings properties.


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  • Graphite is the crystalline allotropic form of carbon occurs in free state in nature.
  • The layers of the carbon crystal could swiftly move past each other as the layers could be separated easily as van der Waals bonds that are weak-hold them together.

Therefore, graphite is soft and slippery with a basic pattern of hexagonal rings properties.


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