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What is inorganic graphite? Why is it so called?

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Boron nitride (BN) is known as inorganic graphite. It is isoelectronic with graphite and has a similar structure in the form of sheet's made up of hexagonal rings with B and N atoms in alternate positions. It is also slippery like graphite.
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