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What is Carbon

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Element name:

The element name for carbon is carbon.

By: Brooke

Description:

Carbon is a solid non- metal element. It can be black when graphite and colorless when diamond.

Metal, non-metal, or metalloid:

As you can see Carbon which is C is in the pink section which is non metals

Carbon is a non- metal element. It has no attraction to magnets and is not a conductor.

Reason for naming:

Antoine Lavoisier named carbon.

Uses for the element:

Antoine Lavoisier named carbon and he carried out a variety of experiments to reveal its nature. Origin of name: from the Latin word "carbo" meaning "charcoal".

State of matter:

Carbon compounds are important in many facets of the petrochemicals industry as the feedstock is carbon-based. Carbon is also the basis of fuels such as coal and oil since both coal and oil are rich in carbon. Carbon as graphite is a good lubricant.

The state of matter that carbon is a solid at 298K

Chemical symbol:

Locations where commonly found:

The chemical symbol for carbon is C.

graphite

Carbon is found free in nature in three forms: amorphous, graphite, and diamond. It also can be found in some meteorites. If carbon was found in a diamond, it would most likely come from ancient volcanic "pipes" such as found in South Africa.

meteorite

Diamond

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