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Q. In graphite, electrons are

The p-Block Elements

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In graphite, each carbon is $sp^2$ -hybridized and the single occupied unhybridized porbitals of C-atoms overlap side wise to give $\pi$ -electron cloud which is delocalized and thus the electrons are spread out between the structure.