Question

Uses of various allotropes of carbon.

Answer 1

• There are various allotropes of carbon which are used in many ways.
• Diamond is used in cutting glasses and in drilling machines.
• It is used in ornaments also.
• In space and artificial satellites the windows are made from diamond to protect from the harmful radiation coming from sun.
• Diamond dust is also used in polishing the other diamond.
• Graphite is used mostly in making lubricant and in making carbon electrodes.
• It is also used in making pencils, in paints and also in polishes.
• Fullerenes are used as insulators and they are used as catalysts in water purification process.
• Coke and coal is used as fuel in factories and also in homes.
• All these are the uses of allotropes of carbon.