What is the color of pure carbon?

Question

I'm not asking what color are diamonds or coal, but pure carbon when it is isolated. The color of the atom carbon.

well, now that i know that individual atoms of carbon are colorless, what are the colors of pure carbon when it is large amounts

what does graphite feel like?

Answer 1

An example of a pure carbon molecule is not graphite or diamond, but rather a fullerene. Fullerenes are more commonly known as buckyballs or carbon nanotubes. C70, a 70-atom pure carbon ball, is black, but sometimes thin films can be dark red-brown.

So the answer is that the color of carbon is variable.

Answer 2

Elemental carbon has 2 forms: Graphite, which is arranged in flat, layered sheets at the atomic level; and Diamond, which is arranged in a 3-D crystaline structure at the atomic level. Graphite is a shiny, dark grey color, and is commonly used in pencils. Everyone knows what Diamonds look like.

Also, just for reference, when you touch diamond, you're not actually touching carbon. When diamond forms, Hydrogen bonds with the carbon atoms on the outside of the crystaline structure, forming a strong, protective hydrogen barrier arround the diamond. In truth, you are actually touching hydrogen when you touch diamonds.

Hope I helped.

~WolfMage

Answer 3

Hi. Individual atoms do not have color. So, colorless.

Answer 4

Cirric is right, but to give an example that we are all generally familiar with, a diamond is pure carbon.

Answer 5

One atom of carbon is colorless. Grossly visible amounts of carbon are black.

Answer 6

crystal clear

Answer 7

i think pure carbon is clear.....im pretty sure...research it to find out..

Answer 8

black for the whole element
but #1 is right regarding your ?