Chemistry 0620 · IGCSE · Giant covalent structures

Giant covalent structures — practice question

Graphite and diamond are both allotropes of the element carbon. Which row indicates the number of other carbon atoms that each carbon atom is covalently bonded to in graphite and in diamond?

  • Agraphite 3; diamond 3
  • Bgraphite 3; diamond 4
  • Cgraphite 4; diamond 3
  • Dgraphite 4; diamond 4

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