Explain why diamond is hard while graphite is soft

      

Both diamond and graphite have giant atomic structures. Explain why diamond is hard while graphite is soft

  

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John
In diamond all the bonds are strong covalent bonds while graphite structure of layers that held
together by weak vander waals forces that are easily broken
johnmulu answered the question on February 3, 2017 at 12:11


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