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Explain why, diamond has a high melting point.

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Diamonds has a very high melting point, as a huge amount of heat energy is required to break the strong covalent bonds in one crystal of a diamond. The melting point of diamonds is above 3500oC.

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पाठ 4: Carbon And Its Compounds - Exercise 1 [पृष्ठ २२२]

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लखमीर सिंह Chemistry (Science) [English] Class 10
पाठ 4 Carbon And Its Compounds
Exercise 1 | Q 36.3 | पृष्ठ २२२

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\[\begin{array}{cc}\phantom{......}\ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H}\phantom{..}\\
\phantom{.....}|\phantom{....}|\phantom{....}|\\
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    \ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H}\\
    |\phantom{....}|\phantom{....}|\phantom{....}|\\
    \ce{H - C - C - C - C - H}\\
    |\phantom{....}|\phantom{....}|\phantom{....}|\\
    \ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H}\\
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  2. \[\begin{array}{cc}
    \ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H}\\
    |\phantom{....}|\phantom{....}|\\
    \ce{H - C - C - C - H}\\
    |\phantom{.....}|\phantom{.....}|\\
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  3. \[\begin{array}{cc}
    \ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H}\\
    |\phantom{....}|\phantom{....}|\\
    \ce{H - C - C - C - H}\\
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  4. \[\begin{array}{cc}
    \ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H}\\
    |\phantom{....}|\\
    \ce{H - C - C - H}\\
    |\phantom{....}|\\
    \ce{H - C - C - H}\\
    |\phantom{....}|\\
    \ce{H}\phantom{...}\ce{H}\\
    \end{array}\]

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