CH-1202
Giant covalent structures
Chemistry · Secondary 4 · Medium · Giant covalent structures
Graphite conducts electricity but diamond does not.
Which statement correctly explains this difference in terms of their structures?
Which statement correctly explains this difference in terms of their structures?
- In graphite, each carbon has a delocalised electron that can move, but in diamond all electrons are held in covalent bonds.
- Both contain mobile ions, but diamond's ions are larger.
- Diamond has layers of atoms that allow electrons to move, but graphite has only single atoms.
- Graphite is made of simple molecules, but diamond is metallic.
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