Allotropes of Carbon

Left: picture of graphite; Right: picture of diamond

Introduction

Graphite and diamond are allotropes of carbon. Both graphite and diamond have a giant molecular structure which consists of a lattice of carbon atoms held together by strong covalent bonds.

Click on this link to see a map of different chemical structures.

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Both graphite and diamond are made up of carbon atoms. Look at the picture above. Think about whether graphite and diamond have the same properties.

The picture shows that graphite looks different compared to diamond.

I think graphite and diamond should have different properties because they look different. I recall that diamond is very hard while graphite is soft.