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Why carbon can make very different materials

Why carbon can make very different materials

Comparison of diamond and graphite showing diamond as a 3D network with four bonds per carbon and graphite as stacked hexagonal layers with delocalised electrons Diamond, graphite, graphene and fullerenes are allotropes of carbon, so they are all made only from carbon atoms but have different structures. Carbon has four electrons in its outer shell, so it can form covalent bonds in several patterns and create materials with very different properties.

Structure and bonding of carbon Lesson

  1. GCSE
  2. /Combined Science
  3. /Structure and bonding of carbon

Step-by-step lessons covering AQA GCSE Combined Science Structure and bonding of carbon for Foundation and Higher tier. Each lesson works through exam-style questions.

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