Why are diamonds used in drilling and cutting equipment's?

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Solution

Each Carbon atom in a Diamond is covalently connected to four other carbon atoms in a tetrahedral arrangement.
Diamond has a hard, three-dimensional structure due to its tetrahedral arrangement of Carbon atoms.
Diamonds are the hardest substance due to which it can bore holes in practically any material with an accuracy that no other drilling technique can match.

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