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The major binding force of diamond, sili...

The major binding force of diamond, silicon and quartz is

A

Covalent bond

B

Ionic bond

C

Metallic bond

D

Co- ordinate covalent bond

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Covalent bond
Diamond is a covalent crystalline solid . It has a big giant network structure consisting of large number of carbon atoms bonded to each other by covalent bonds . Thus, the major binding force in diamond is covalent bond .
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