Graphite conducts electricity.
What is the reason for this?
It has ions that can move between the layers.
It has weak forces between layers so the layers can slide.
It has four strong covalent bonds from each carbon atom.
It has delocalised electrons that can move through the structure.
60 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Chemistry 2.3 Properties of materials, covering 2.3.1 Carbon bonding and the variety of organic compounds, 2.3.2 Diamond, graphite, fullerenes and graphene, 2.3.3 Bond strength, changes of state and predicting states, 2.3.4 Bulk properties and types of bonding, and 2.3.5 Nanoparticles: scale, surface area, uses and risks. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.