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No silicon is an element in the same group as carbon, it has similar chemical properties but it is not carbon.
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What is the hardest mineral in this group?
Silicon Dioxide (known as Quartz) is not the hardest mineral, the hardest mineral is an allotrope of carbon called diamond. Quartz is only the 7th hardest mineral.
Is carbon an insulator or a conductor?
It depends on the type, or allotrope, of carbon you're talking about. For a material to conduct electricity, it should have free electrons to carry the electrical current. In diamond, an allotrope of carbon, there are no such free electrons. This means that diamond does not conduct electricity. However, graphite, another allotrope of carbon, conducts electricity very well because it has an entire "sea" of free electrons.
What is a diamond made form?
Diamond is an allotrope (arrangement) of carbon.
Are diamonds metallic bonds?
NO!!! Diamonds are an allotrope of carbon. Each carbon atom forms four covalent bonds with four adjacent carbon atoms. The result is the ADAMANTINE structure ( Very similar to a pyramid).
Which allotrope of carbon is used in superconductor?
Not used today but possible in the future: - carbon nanotubes - doped carbon as CaC6
Is a diamond composed of oxygen and silicon?
The diamond is a crystallized, allotrope form of pure carbon.
Why is there an allotrope of silicon with the same structure as diamond but no allotrope of silicon with the same structure as graphite?
Because they have different properties.
What is lowest energy allotrope of carbon?
graphite is the lowest energy of carbon allotrope
What allotrope does diamonds use?
Diamond is an allotrope of carbon.
What are the uses of the diamond allotrope?
Diamond is the allotrope -- of carbon.
Which is the allotrope of carbon discovered in 2010?
The carbon nanofoam is the 5th allotrope of carbon which is found in 1997.but it was confirmed in 2010.
What is an allotrope for carbon?
A diamond.
What mineral is the hardest substance known and an allotrope of carbon?
Diamond is the hardest mineral currently known and is an allotrope of carbon.
Is Charcoal Allotropes of carbon?
yes ,it is an allotrope of carbon.
What is a sentence with the word allotrope?
A diamond is an allotrope of carbon
Why is diamond element?
Because it is an allotrope of carbon. Carbon is an element , and appears in the periodic table. Othe allotropes of carbon are graphite and buckminster fullerene(footballene). An allotrope of an element is that element appearing in differenc physical characteristics.
Why is diamond classified as an allotrope of carbon?
It is one of forms of carbon
