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Diamond is an extremely bad conductor of electricity.” Why?

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Diamond is an extremely bad conductor of electricity.” Why?

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1) In diamond, each carbon atom is covalently bonded with four other carbon atoms. 

2) So, the four outermost electrons of a carbon atom are engaged or trapped in the covalent bonds, having no free electrons making it a bad conductor of electricity.

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Diamond is bad conductor of electricity because 
In diamond structure no free carbon atoms present 
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