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Which nonmetal makes up diamond, graphite, and the majority of coal?

A- Oxygen
B- Sodium
C- Magnesium
D- Carbon

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D- Carbon

Step-by-step explanation:

Carbon, as an element, is the basis of what is referred to as diamond, graphite, and coal. Coal is a solid form with high content of hydrocarbon making coal amenable to burning). In a much purer form Carbon occurs in graphite and diamond. While in graphite carbon atoms bond to two neighboring atoms, in diamond they do so to four neighboring carbon atoms in a "tetrahedron-like" configuration (making diamond very hard).

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D-carbon
When compressed forms diamonds
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