Question

What is Carbon?

Answer 1

Carbon:

• Carbon is a versatile non-metallic element.
• Atomic number of carbon is$6$.
• It is placed in the 2^nd period and is the first element of group 14 of the modern periodic table.
• compounds of Carbon are carbon dioxide(${\mathrm{CO}}_2$), methane(${\mathrm{CH}}_4$), benzene(${\mathrm{C}}_6{\mathrm{H}}_6$), calcium carbonate(${\mathrm{CaCO}}_3$), carbon monoxide($\mathrm{CO}$), etc.

Allotropes of carbon:

• There are three types of allotropes of carbon which are diamond, graphite, and fullerenes.

Uses of carbon:

• Carbon in its diamond form is used in making jewelry.
• Graphite is used as the lead in pencils.
• It is the main component of organic compounds.