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Allotropes of carbon and nanochemistry
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Mind Map on Allotropes of carbon and nanochemistry, created by avmorgan on 28/08/2013.
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Allotropes of carbon and nanochemistry
Diamond and graphite properties
Graphite
Insoluble in water
Very high melting point
Lower than diamond
Has weak bonds
Conducts electricity
Soft & Slippery
Lustrous
Opaque & Black
Diamond
Transparent
Very hard
Very high melting point
Doesn't conduct electricity
Insoluble in water
Lustrous (Shiny)
Colourless
Structure
Diamond
All 4 electrons in a strong covalent bond
Graphite
weak intermolecular forces
Strong covalent bonds
Hexagonol rings
Only 3 electrons in bond
The fourth electron is free (delocalized)
Soft layers - easily broken
Buckminsterfullerene
Hexagonol & Pentagonal rings
Conducts electricity
Allotrope
Same element but different arrangement of atoms
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