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Electron diffraction.
Question makes no sense, you might as well be asking "Can brick be used as water?".
Graphite is present in pencil leads. it is composed of carbon atoms covalently bonded with each other, and 1 free valence electron in each atom (which explains why graphite/pencil-lead conducts electricity)
This is usually called the "Pauli Exclusion Principle".
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Arthur N Curren has written: 'Secondary electron emission characteristics of ion-textured copper and high-purity isotropic graphite surfaces' -- subject(s): Isotopes, Copper, Electrons, Aerodynamics, Graphite, Emission 'Beam impingement angle effects on secondary electron emission characteristics of textured pyrolytic graphite' -- subject(s): Electron beams, Graphite
Electron diffraction.
Because graphite has one free electron that is not involved in bonding. The one delocalized electron can be used to conduct electricity. However silicon carbide is tetrahedrally bonded to 4 carbon atoms. There is not free electrons in the arrangement. With no delocalized electron, silicon carbide is unable to conduct electricity.
graphite is made from carbon atoms and carbon atoms try to make 4 bonds with each other, but in graphite theres only 3 bonds leaving an extra electron to pass the electrical current through
Graphite is in pencils, and Graphite is made up of Carbon Atoms, the same as Diamond, the only difference is its structure, Diamond has 4 covalent Carbon Bonds, whereas, graphite as 3, and a spare delocalised electron, meaning, graphite forms layers and can be used as a lubricant.
Question makes no sense, you might as well be asking "Can brick be used as water?".
Graphite is present in pencil leads. it is composed of carbon atoms covalently bonded with each other, and 1 free valence electron in each atom (which explains why graphite/pencil-lead conducts electricity)
Unlike most Giant Covalent Structures like diamond that form four covalent bonds, Graphite only forms 3, meaning it has a free electron meaning that graphite can conduct electricity.
If an electron is in the second principle energy level, that is, n = 2, then that electron could be in an s or p orbital.
This is usually called the "Pauli Exclusion Principle".
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Something to do with the free electron it has, that can carry a charge, and also it can ibrate/move