Not sure what that means... but both silicon dioxide (sand) and diamond are covalent networks.
Diamond is composed of the element carbon, and quartz is composed of the elements silicon and oxygen.
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No, silicon dioxide is a compound. There terms metal and nonmetal are used to describe elements.
because it has many strong covalent bonds in a lattice structure (such as diamond)
Silicon dioxide is a compound composed of silicon and oxygen atoms, while diamond is a pure form of carbon arranged in a crystalline structure. Diamond is the hardest naturally occurring material, while silicon dioxide is not as hard. Additionally, diamond is a valuable gemstone, whereas silicon dioxide is commonly found in materials like sand and quartz.
Carbon diamond has stronger covalent bonds than silicon because carbon-carbon bonds are shorter and stronger than silicon-silicon bonds due to the smaller size of carbon atoms compared to silicon atoms. This results in a more tightly bonded crystal lattice structure in diamond compared to silicon.
Diamond consists of only one element (carbon). Whereas Silicon dioxide consists of two different elements (silicon and oxygen) that are chemically bonded in a fixed ratio. Hence Diamond is an element and Silicon dioxide is an compound.
Diamond and Graphite are allotropes of Carbon [chemical symbol: C]The chemical symbol of Silicon is Si.
Not sure what that means... but both silicon dioxide (sand) and diamond are covalent networks.
The diamond is a crystallized, allotrope form of pure carbon.
Silicon is typically found in a crystalline form as a solid. It has a diamond cubic crystal structure with each silicon atom bonded to four neighboring silicon atoms.
Quartz is silicon dioxide (sand). Diamond is an allotropic form of carbon.
Diamond is composed of the element carbon, and quartz is composed of the elements silicon and oxygen.
The normal phase of silicon is a crystalline solid known as silicon crystal. It is the most common allotrope of silicon and has a diamond cubic structure. Silicon crystal is used in a wide range of electronic applications due to its semiconducting properties.
The bond energy of Si -C is generally considered to be lower than that of the C-C, so a simple explanation is that diamond has a stronger bond. Both diamond and silicon carbide have a three dimensional network structure. Diamond consists of tetrahedral bonded carbon atoms whereas silicon carbide has many polymorphs (crystal structure which are temperature dependant). As you heat silicon carbide up the crystal structure changes. Silicon carbide does not melt "congruently" to give a liquid of the same composition, it decomposes at around 2700 0C .
both of these are bonded to C-atom.