Why can a piece of chalk be broken easily while a coal piece can not be broken easily?

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particles of matter have forces acting between them.this force keeps the particles together.The strength of this force of attraction varies from one kind of matter to another
In the particles of chalk are not tightly packed. So. can break easily

And the particles of coal piece are tightly packed in comparison of chalk particles . so can't break easily

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