C+-+Carbon

Makenzie Evans

media type="custom" key="3196870" Name:Carbon Symbol:C Atomic Number:6 Atomic Mass:12.0107 Standard State:solid at 298 K Group name: None Period in Periodic Table:2 Color:graphite is black, diamond is colorless Classification:Non-metallic Carbon is very useful to us. We use carbon for fuel (coal), graphite, C-14 isotope used in archaeological dating, and carbon compounds are very important in many facets of chemical industry. Carbon is unique among the elements in the vast number of compounds it can form. Carbon is available in nature as graphite and as diamond!!!! The melting point is 3800 K and the boiling point is 4300 K. Carbon is in the form of a solid. Carbon is present as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and dissolved in all natural waters. Carbon is very unique and special out of all the elements.

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