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Name the allotrope of carbon which has a hexagonal arrangement of atoms.


A

Graphite

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Diamond

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C

Coke

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D

Coal

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Solution

The correct option is A

Graphite


In graphite molecule, each carbon atom is linked with three neighbouring carbon atoms forming a flat hexagonal arrangement of atoms.
These hexagonal groups of carbon atoms are arranged like layers of sheet piled one on the top of other.

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