I will accept layman's terms also.
2006-07-14 11:21:46 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Aww, I thought someone would say a carbon nanotube :(. It's one of the strongest structures in the known world.
2006-07-15 04:48:52 · update #1
all 5 Allotrope classes of Carbon currently known (decreasing bond order)- graphite, fullerene, carbon nanotubules, diamond, amorphous Carbon... the last is a lot like glass except the base is Carbon opposed to Silicon.
3 isotopes typical of Carbon- C-12, C-13, C-14; there are other isotopes but they occur so rarely they are negligible
2006-07-14 17:58:46 · answer #1 · answered by piercesk1 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Diamond, graphite, fullerene are the "ordered" forms of carbon. The amorphous one is called charcoal. Carbon isotopes are NOT forms of carbon: they are exactly isotopes (you could have -a bit more expensive- diamonds of C-13, which are still diamonds).
Amorphous carbon has nothing to share with glasses (which are like liquids): glass is made mostly from silica (SiO2) not silicium, while amorphous carbon is just C. By the way, the carbon equivalent of silica has just been discovered, called carbonia.
2006-07-15 06:10:17 · answer #2 · answered by ascaniosobrero 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Carbon-12, Carbon-13, and Carbon-14.
2006-07-14 18:25:24 · answer #3 · answered by KateG 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Diamond, Buckminister Fullerene (C60), Coal, Graphite
2006-07-14 19:19:37 · answer #4 · answered by Kailey 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
3 allotropes of carbon are diamond, graphite, and buckeyballs.
3 isotopes of carbon are C-12, C-13, and C-14.
2006-07-14 23:14:43 · answer #5 · answered by physandchemteach 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are 3 allotropes ("forms") of Carbon,
-Graphite
-Diamonds
-Fullerenes (AKA "bukey balls")
Graphite is the most stable allotrope of Carbon...in fact, Diamonds will VERY SLOWLY convert to graphite over a very long time.
2006-07-14 21:46:04 · answer #6 · answered by mrjeffy321 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Diamond, Coal, Graphite.
There are also several isotopes of Carbond listed above.
There are also hundreds of thousands of molecules that have carbon frameworks, or are carbond based, including:
Proteins,
Sugars,
Lipids,
Methane,
Propane,
Gasoline,
Oil,
...
Tiger Striped Dog
2006-07-14 18:28:58 · answer #7 · answered by tigerstripeddogmd 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
diamond, graphite, charcoal, carbon-14
2006-07-14 18:27:48 · answer #8 · answered by K S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
carbon-12, carbon-14, carbon-11
unless you're looking for forms for it to come in, in which case...
charcoal, diamond, buckyball
2006-07-14 22:17:49 · answer #9 · answered by The Frontrunner 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Graphite, diamond and charcoal.
2006-07-14 18:27:33 · answer #10 · answered by Tim 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋