Question

Name the following

An amorphous allotrope of carbon

Answer 1

• Allotropes are the physical forms of a chemical element that occurs in the same physical state with varying physical properties but comparable chemical properties.
• Diamond and graphite are the two most popular allotropes of carbon, but they are crystalline in nature.
• Amorphous forms of carbon are: Coke, Coal, Charcoal (or wood charcoal), Lampblack, Animal charcoal (or bone black), Carbon black, Petroleum coke, Gas carbon are amorphous forms of carbon.