Plz give some extensive info on the element carbon?

Answer 1

Carbon is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol C and atomic number 6. An abundant nonmetallic, tetravalent element, carbon has several allotropic forms.

* 1 Overview
* 2 Notable characteristics
* 3 Applications
o 3.1 Other uses
* 4 History and Etymology
* 5 Allotropes
* 6 Occurrence
* 7 Organic compounds
* 8 Carbon cycle
* 9 Isotopes
* 10 Precautions
* 11 References
* 12 See also
* 13 External links

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon

http://www.webelements.com/webelements/elements/text/C/key.html

History and Uses:

Carbon, the sixth most abundant element in the universe, has been known since ancient times. Carbon is most commonly obtained from coal deposits, although it usually must be processed into a form suitable for commercial use. Three naturally occurring allotropes of carbon are known to exist: amorphous, graphite and diamond.

Amorphous carbon is formed when a material containing carbon is burned without enough oxygen

Graphite, one of the softest materials known, is a form of carbon that is primarily used as a lubricant.

Diamond, the third naturally occurring form of carbon, is one of the hardest substances known.

A fourth allotrope of carbon, known as white carbon, was produced in 1969. It is a transparent material that can split a single beam of light into two beams, a property known as birefringence. Very little is known about this form of carbon.

Large molecules consisting only of carbon, known as buckminsterfullerenes, or buckyballs, have recently been discovered and are currently the subject of much scientific interest.

Carbon-14, a radioactive isotope of carbon with a half-life of 5,730 years, is used to find the age of formerly living things through a process known as radiocarbon dating. The theory behind carbon dating is fairly simple.

There are nearly ten million known carbon compounds and an entire branch of chemistry, known as organic chemistry, is devoted to their study.

Estimated Crustal Abundance:2.00×102 milligrams per kilogram
Estimated Oceanic Abundance:2.8×101 milligrams per liter
Number of Stable Isotopes:2(View all isotope data)
Ionization Energy:11.260 eV
Oxidation States:+4, +2, -4

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Answer 2

it is one of the 4 building bllocks of humans animals plants and everything made of matter(eveything) Carbon is part of what is causing the hole in the ozone, which is getting bigger as we type! oh and good luck with ur homework!

Answer 3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon