With respect to graphite and diamond, which of the statement (s) given below is (are) correct?
1. Graphite has higher electrical conductivity than diamond
2. Graphite is harder than diamond
3. Graphite has higher C - C bond order than diamond
4. Graphite has higher thermal conductivity than diamond
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Here 1, 3 and 4 are correct as Graphite has higher electrical and thermal conductivities than diamond. All C- atoms in graphite are sp hybridized so due to partial double bond character in graphite, bond order will be more than 1 but in diamond Bond order is one. Here only statement 2 is incorrect as diamond is more hard than graphite.
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