COMEDK2020ChemistryGeneral Organic Chemistry
Graphite is a soft solid lubricant extremely difficult to melt. The reason for this anomalous behaviour is that, graphite
Options
- Ahas molecules of variable molecular masses like polymers.
- Bhas carbon atoms arranged in large plates of rings of strongly bound carbon atoms with weak interplate bonds.
- Cis a non-crystalline substance.
- Dis an allotropic form of carbon.
Correct answer
B. has carbon atoms arranged in large plates of rings of strongly bound carbon atoms with weak interplate bonds.
Step-by-step solution
Graphite is a soft solid lubricant extremely difficult to melt. The reason for this anomalous behaviour is that graphite has carbon atoms arranged in large plates of rings of stmmgly hound carbon atoms with weak interplate bonds.