Name an allotrope of carbon which conducts electricity.

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Allotrope: Allotrope refers to one or more physical forms of a chemical element that occurs in the same physical state.
Carbon has 3 allotropes: Diamond, graphite and fullerene.
Usually non-metals do not conduct heat and electricity. .Carbon is a non-metal.
Graphite is an allotrope of Carbon $(C)$ that conducts electricity.
Because Graphite contains delocalized (free) electrons. These free electrons make graphite a good conductor of electricity.

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