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You can scratch graphite with your fingernail. What does this tell you about graphite?

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This tells us that graphite is malleable

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It tells us its not very lustrous

Explanation: lustrous means that something is very shiny for example a diamond and is graphite is shiny you wont be able to scratch it with your finger nail.

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