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WHY DIAMOND H...
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WHY DIAMOND HAVE HIGH MELTING POINT?
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Each carbon atom is covalently bonded to four other carbon atoms. A lot of energy is needed to separate the atoms indiamond. This is because covalent bonds are strong, anddiamondcontains very many covalent bonds. This makesdiamond's melting pointandboiling pointveryhigh.

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