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What is the difference between Diamond and Graphite?

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The difference between diamond and graphite are as follows.

Diamond

Graphite

Each carbon has four covalent bonds.

Each carbon has three covalent bonds.

Hard, heavy, and transparent.

It has planar layers of hexagon units.

It has tetrahedral units linked in three dimensions.

It has planar layers of hexagon units.

It is a non-conductor of heat and electricity.

It is a conductor of heat and electricity.


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