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2006-12-04 03:19:48 · 32 answers · asked by Chris B 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Put me down for yes.
2006-12-04 03:21:51 · answer #1 · answered by mcfifi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. both are 'allotropes' of carbon. This means exactly the same element. Just in different forms. i.e with different physical characteristics. They appear different, have a different colour ,have a different molecular configuration.e.t.c
A good difference is the fact that a diamond is clear and one of the hardest known substances to man while graphite is black and quite soft. Even their uses are different. While diamond is used for jewellry and for drilling in the oil industry, graphite is favored as an electrode and dry lubricant amongst other uses.
Another example of a substance that exhibits allotropy is sulphur. In addition to rhombic sulphur there are others including momoclinic sulphur.
2006-12-04 14:59:50 · answer #2 · answered by Chinwe A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do facts need a "vote?"
Yes, they're both made of carbon. Different types of carbon molecules, but both carbon. But then again, you are largely carbon-based as well, and you're nothing like either graphite or diamond!
Quite the verstatile element, carbon :)
2006-12-04 03:24:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. They are both metastable polymorphs of carbon. Diamond is actually less stable than graphite, and given enough time all diamonds would become graphite, however, the energy required to cause this change is of such a large magnitude that diamond effectively is permanently stable
2006-12-04 07:31:57 · answer #4 · answered by pjm81x 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they are both 100% carbon.
Their carbon atoms are bonded into different crystal structures which is why they have very different properties. Graphite is made up of thin 'leaves' or sheets of carbon atoms which makes it soft and a good industrial lubricant. Diamond has a 3 dimensional crystal structure in which each atom is strongly bonded in all directions. This makes it very hard.
2006-12-04 03:23:14 · answer #5 · answered by SmartBlonde 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they indicate the ability of carbon to exist in various forms in the same physical state-allotropy. Thus diamond and graphite are the two allotropic forms of crystalline carbon.
2006-12-04 03:27:09 · answer #6 · answered by obiora c 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes they are both made of carbon Graphite is built in layers and Diamond are as tetrahedron
2006-12-04 09:06:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they are both made of carbon. Diamonds have a different structure due to the force of the pressure which made them.
Search wikipedia for more information.
2006-12-04 03:27:49 · answer #8 · answered by Sorcha 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Carbon
2006-12-04 13:03:53 · answer #9 · answered by Nat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah they are...diamond and graphite are both made of the element carbon..
the reason that they are so different is due to their structures..
graphite has sheets of atoms and when you rub it against something the sheets gradually wear down..thats why it is used in pencils...
diamond has a strong lattice structure, the strongest infact, which takes tremendous amounts of energy to break, and that is why it is the strongest substance known to man...
2006-12-06 11:19:44 · answer #10 · answered by Princess_Rebel 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES! Both Carbon only diamond has a much tighter and extensive crystalline structure becauseof the way it was formed.
2006-12-06 06:38:07 · answer #11 · answered by DANDAN 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋