CW 26/05/2023

C7b Allotropes of Carbon

Try This:
1. Look at your pencil tip. It is made of
graphite.
2. Rub the pencil across your page
3. Use some tape to pull some of the pencil
mark and rub onto a clean part of the page.
4. Repeat again and again
5. What will you end up with
 Stick in your diagram
Write Down
Different structural forms of the same element
are called allotropes.
Allotrope
The term allotrope refers to one
or more forms of
a chemical element that occur in
the same physical state.
Allotropes may display very
different chemical and physical
properties.
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Structure & Bonding Properties Uses

Diamond

Graphite

Graphene

Fullerene (
 Structure & Bonding Properties Uses
Giant covalent Hard, sparkly in light, high Jewellery,
Diamond Four covalent bonds per melting point, poor cutting tools
carbon atom conductor of electricity
Giant covalent with three Conduct electricity well, Lubricant,
covalent bonds per atom high melting point, slippery electrodes,
Graphite Weak intermolecular pencils
forces between sheets of
atoms
Covalent, 2D hexagonal Transparent, good Many
Graphene sheet conductor of electricity, potential
flexible, strong for weight applications
Simple molecule, weak Slippery Lubricant
Fullerene ( intermolecular forces Unstable as a solid at high
between molecules temperatures
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Progression questions
• How are simple molecular structures different
from giant covalent structures?
• What are the differences in structure between
the different allotropes of carbon?
• How do we explain the properties and uses of
graphite, diamond and fullerenes?