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Graphite is a soft solid lubricant extremely difficult to melt. The reason for this anomalous behaviour is that graphite :
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Graphite has a two-dimensional sheet like structure and each carbon atom makes a use of sp 2 hybridisation. The above layer structure of graphite is less compact than that of diamond. Further, since the bonding between the layers involving only van der Waal’s forces is weak, these layers can slide over each other. This gives softness, greasiness and lubricating character to graphite.
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