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Giant Covalent Bonding Structure Flashcards

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2 Giant Covalent Structures

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Diamond
Graphite

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Properties of Diamond

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Very strong with a high melting point, but doesn’t conduct electricity because it has no free electrons

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Properties of graphite

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Large flat sheets formed on top of one another to create lots of layers. Slide over one another.
High melting point.

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What a single layer of granite called?

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Graphe

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What happens to the one spare electron in graphite?

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It becomes delocalised. (Free to move around.) Allowing graphite to conduct electricity and heat.

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