Compare and contrast the structure and bonding of diamond and graphite.

1 mark each for each of these points:similarities:only contain carbon atomsatoms covalently bonded to each otherlattice structuredifferences:diamond has four covalent bonds and graphite has threediamond has no delocalised electrons and graphite doesgraphite has a layered structure with weak intermolecular forces and diamond does not

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