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Describe the structure and properties of graphite

Graphite is made from layers of carbon which contain many 6-membered carbon rings (hexagonal). Each layer is held together by each carbon being covalently bonded to 3 other carbon atoms and this leaves a ...

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Define first ionisation energy

Remember that ionisation energy is an endothermic process, in which energy from the chemical system is used to remove electrons from atoms in the GASEOUS STATE.

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Why is an alloy harder than a pure metal?

The atoms in an alloy are of different sizes so the layers are distorted and therefore, due to a lack of proper layers harder from them to slide over each other.

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Explain why graphite conducts electricity

Carbon is the atom that makes up graphite. Carbon is in group 4 of the periodic table, this means that Carbon has 4 electrons in its outer shell. In graphite each Carbon atom forms three covalent bonds, t...

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Explain, in terms of particles, why the rate decreases during the reaction between magnesium and hydrochloric acid.

There are 2 ideas that need to be included here :The concentration of acid decreases over time So collisions are less frequentAs the reaction proceeds more and more molecules would have collided successfu...

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