The electrical conductivity of graphite is due to the presence of delocalized electrons in its layered hexagonal structure.
Graphite is a good conductor of electricity. It is because of its
Asked in UPSC CISF AC EXE 2018 · Topic: Carbon and Its Various Forms (Graphite: Structure, properties, and uses (including electrical conductivity))
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Answer: D. hexagonal multilayer structure
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