When diamond is heated to 1500, in the absence of air, it forms:
A
graphite
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B
carbon black
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C
soot
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D
coke
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Solution
The correct option is A graphite Diamond is attached to 4 different carbon atoms by single covalent bond and show sp3 hybridisation.It has very high M.P & more energy is req. to break the bonds.In vacuum diamonds converted to graphite.