KCET2007Chemistryp Block Elements (Group 13 & 14)
Graphite is a soft solid lubricant extremely difficult to melt. The reason for this anomalous behaviour is that graphite
Options
- Ais an allotropic form of carbon
- Bis a non-crystalline substance
- Chas carbon atoms arranged in large plates of rings of strongly bond carbon atoms with weak interplate bonds
- Dhas molecules of variable molecular masses like polymers
Correct answer
C. has carbon atoms arranged in large plates of rings of strongly bond 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 strongly bound carbon atoms with weak interplate bonds.