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Carbon and Organic Chemistry Fundamentals
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Which of the following is incorrect?
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CO2 can be evolved from graphite, but not from diamond.
💡 Explanation:
Diamond is an allotrope of carbon which was first confirmed by the English chemist Smithson Tennant, who was the first to burn a diamond in air producing carbon dioxide. Thus, according to this statement, option (3) is incorrect.