Graphite is a soft lubricant extremely difficult to melt. What is the reason for this anomalous behaviour?

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Graphite is a soft lubricant extremely difficult to melt. The reason for this anomalous behaviour is that graphite has carbon atoms arranged in large plates of rings of strongly bound carbon atoms with weak interplate bonds.

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