Question

Graphite is soft solid lubricant extremely difficult to melt. The reason for this anomalous behavior is that graphite:

• A. has molecules of variable molecular masses like polymers
• B. has carbon atoms arranged in large plates of rings of strongly bound carbon atoms with weak interpolate bonds
• C. is a non-crystalline substance
• D. is an allotropic form of diamond

Answer 1

The correct option is B

has carbon atoms arranged in large plates of rings of strongly bound carbon atoms with weak interpolate bonds