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प्रश्न
Answer the following question
Why is graphite a good conductor of electricity but not diamond?
उत्तर
In a graphite molecule, one valence electron of each carbon atom remains free, Thus making graphite a good conductor of electricity. Whereas in diamond, they have no free mobile electron. Thats why diamond are bad conductor electricity.
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