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Which of the following is not an amorphous form of carbon?


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Coal

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Charcoal

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Diamond

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Lamp black

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Solution

The correct option is C

Diamond


The crystalline form of carbon is those having a well-ordered arrangement of atoms. E.g Coke, diamond, and graphite.

Amorphous are the ones without long-range crystalline order. E.g Coal coke, charcoal, and bone charcoal.lamp black.

Explanation for correct option C: Diamond is not an amorphous but crystalline form of carbon. This is not amorphous because there is a well-defined arrangement of atoms.

Explanation for incorrect option A: Coal is amorphous because they lack perfect arrangement.

Explanation for incorrect option B: Charcoal is amorphous because they lack perfect arrangement.

Explanation for incorrect option D: lamp black is amorphous because they lack perfect arrangement.

Diamond is not an amorphous but a crystalline form of carbon. This is not amorphous because there is a well-defined arrangement of atoms.

Therefore, Option(c) is correct.


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