Mitesh Sharma
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Posted 5 year ago
Is Diamond a good conductor of electricity?
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Lalit Patel
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Posted 5 year ago Lalit Patel

No diamond is not a good conductor of electricity beacause it has not free electron

Nisha Nikam
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Posted 5 year ago Nisha Nikam

Diamond is a good conductor of heat but bad conductor of electricity. Electric current is caused due to availablity of free electrons in a crystal . In case of diamond, each carbon atom is covalently bonded with four other carbon atoms and hence no free electrons are available to conduct electric current.

Himani
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Posted 5 year ago Himani

No, it is not