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Why carbon exists as the hardest crystalline solid, though it is a non metal? |
| Answer» There are two crystalline forms of carbon. These are diamond and graphite. Diamond is the hardest crystalline solid because of packing of tetrahedral units of carbon (each carbon in diamond is `sp^(3)` hybridised). No space is left in the crystal and it becomes very hard. | |