Question

Diamond is made of the same single element as?

1. Chloroform
2. Common salt
3. Sugar
4. Graphite

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Graphite

The correct answer is Graphite.

• Diamond is made of the same single element Graphite.
  • Diamond is a solid form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure called diamond cubic.
  • At room temperature and pressure, another solid form of carbon known as graphite.
    • Graphite is the chemically stable form of carbon, but diamond almost never converts to it. 
  • Diamond is composed of the single element carbon, and it is the arrangement of the C atoms in the lattice that give a diamond its amazing properties.
    • Compare the structure of diamond and graphite, both composed of just carbon.

• Salt:
  • Salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride, a chemical compound belonging to the larger class of salts.
  •  salt in its natural form as a crystalline mineral is known as rock salt or halite.
  • Salt is present in vast quantities in seawater, where it is the main mineral constituent.  
  • The mineral form halite, or rock salt, is sometimes called common salt to distinguish.
    • It from a class of chemical compounds called salts.
• Sugar:
  • Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food.
    • Table sugar, granulated sugar, or regular sugar, refers to sucrose, a disaccharide composed of glucose and fructose.
  • Simple sugars, also called monosaccharides, including glucose, fructose, and galactose.
  • Sugar is made in the leaves of the sugarcane plant through photosynthesis and stored as a sweet juice in sugarcane stalks. 
• Chloroform:
  • Chloroform, or trichloromethane, is an organic compound with the formula CHCl₃.
    • It is a colourless, strong-smelling, dense liquid.
    • It is also a precursor to various refrigerants.
    • It is one of the four chloromethanes and a trihalomethane.
  • Chloroform is a man-made by-product formed when chlorine is used to disinfect water.
  • Chloroform is also used in industrial processes.
    • It is a colourless liquid with a pleasant, non-irritating smell and a slightly sweet taste.
    • It is nonflammable.