Crystalline Amorphous

Diamond Graphite Fullerene

Lamp black Charcoal Coal

Wood Coke
Sugar Animal
charcoal charcoal charcoal
(Bonecharcoal)
There are three crystalline
allotropesof carbon.
These are diamond, graphite and fullerene.
and graphite are familiar Diamond
allotropes of carbon but fullerene is a
recently (1985)discovered
of carbon. Each one of allotrope
diamond, graphite and fullerene is of
atoms are aranged in different composed
ways in each allotrope of carbon.
carbon atoms. But the C
carbon have different Therefore, the three allotropes of
crystal structures.

4.2 Study of Diamond

Diamond is a beautiful
crystalline
allotrope'of carbon. Its atomic
has been taken from
Greek words symbol isC. The name
diaphanes (which means 'diamond
indomistable or
invincible)with reference to transparent) and adamas
421 its extreme (which means
Structure of Diamond hardness.
In a crystal of
diamond, each carbon atom
is bonded
very strongly to four
other carbon
manner. The atoms in
tetrahedron
valency of each carbon
satisfied in diamond
atom is 1.544
and there is no completely
free telectron. Tetrahedral un
arrangement of C -atoms This Carbon
makes diamond very
unreactive and bad atom
conductor of hard,
depicts a electricity.
Following figure
portion of the
diamond
are crystal. Smaller
representing C-atoms. circles

Diamond strustur