What kind of crystalline solid is graphite?

Answer 1

Network solid

Answer 2

First, graphite is not a compound, it is an allotrope of elemental carbon. The conductivity of graphite is due to a property call resonance. In a covalent doublt bond there are two types of bond: a sigma bond and a pi bond. In some substances a bond has resonance where a pi bond is delocalized, spanning three or more atoms, creating a bond that is somewhere in between a single bond and a double bond. In graphite, all the bonds, which are all linked with one another, have this resonance. As a result, the electrons of the pi bonds are free to mopve throuout the entire covalent network.

Answer 3

Yes, it is a covalent crystal.

It differes from normal covalent bondings because it has high melting and boiling points. And also because it conducts electricity.

Answer 4

graphite is amorphous.

Answer 5

That's right.