6
Carbon
12.011
Basic Information
Bohr Model
Descriptive Numbers
Mass
Periodic Position
Classification
Abundance
Color
Atomic Radius
Temperature
Density
Heat
Magnetic Properties
Elasticity
Hardness
Etymology
Discovery & Isolation
Production & Use
Radioactivity
Electron Affinity
Dipole Polarity
Lattice
Electron & Quantum
List of Compounds
Name
Carbon
Atomic Number
6
Allotropes
Graphite, Diamond, Amorphous Carbon, Lonsdaleite, Fullerene, Carbon Nanotube
Refractive Index
2.417
Phase At STP
Solid
Spectrum Image
Source
WikipediaStatic

Interactive
CAS Number
7440-44-0
CID Number
{CID5462310, CID5462310, CID5462310, CID123591}
DOT Number
1361
RTECS Number
RTECSHL4158550
Mendeleev Number
87
Pettifor Number
95
Space Group Number
194
Glawe Number
87
Atomic Mass
12.011 Da
X Position
14
Y Position
2
Period
2
Group
14
Block
p
Category
Reactive Nonmetal
Geochemical
Semi-Volatile
Goldschmidt
Atmospheric
Electrical Type
Conductive
Urban Soil
45.1 mg/kg
Seawater
0.000028 kg/L
Sun
10 mole ratio to silicon
Earth Crust
0.0002 g
Human Body
23 %
Solar System
10 mole ratio to silicon
Meteorites
1.5 %
Jmol
#909090
Molcas Gv
#909090
CPK
#C8C8C8
Empirical
70
Calculated
67
Van Der Waals
170
Bonding
170
Room Temperature
177
Batsanov
170
Rahm
190
Dreiding
389.83
Uff
385.1
Mm3
204
Alvarez
177
Bragg
77
Covalent (Single Bound)
77
Covalent (Triple Bound)
60
Covalent (Cordero)
73
Covalent (Pyykko)
75
Covalent (Pyykko Double)
67
Covalent (Pyykko Triple)
60
C12
86
Melting/Freeze (WEL)
3800 °K
Melting/Freeze (CRC)
4762 °K
Melting/Freeze (LNG)
4188 °K
Boiling/Density (WEL)
4300 °K
Boiling/Density (CRC)
4098 °K
Boiling/Density (LNG)
4188 °K
Boiling/Density (Zhang)
5103 °K
STP
1.821 kg/cm³
Solid (WEL)
2267 kg/cm³
Solid (CRC)
2200 kg/cm³
Solid (LNG)
2267 kg/cm³
Molar Volume
5.29 cm³/mol
Atomic Volume
5.3 cm³
Heat Of Fusion CRC
117 kJ/mol
Heat Of Fusion LNG
117 kJ/mol
Evaporation WEL
715 kJ/mol
Combustion
-393 kJ/mol
Molar Heat
8.517 J/molK
Heat Capacity USE
0.711 J/gK
Heat Capacity CRC
8.517 J/gK
Heat Capacity LNG
8.517 J/gK
Heat Capacity WEL
8.53 J/gK
Thermal Conductivity
1.59 W/m*K
Thermal Expansion
0.0000071 1/K
Adiabatic Index
N/A
Order
Diamagnetic
Susceptibility
-6.2e-9 m3/kg
Bulk Modulus
33 GPa
Mohs
0.5
Description
Carbon is the element in group 14 of the periodic table. It has three allotropes: diamond, graphite and fulerite. Carbon-14 is commonly used in radioactive dating. Carbon is found in all organic life and is the basis of organic chemistry. It has an interesting chemical property of bonding with itself and many other elements.
Language Of Origin
Latin via French
Origin Of Word
From the Latin word carbo, meaning 'coal'
Meaning
charcoal, coal
Symbol Origin
Latince carbo
Etymological Description
It comes from the Latin word charbone, which entered into French from carbō, meaning "charcoal" (in German and Dutch, respectively, Kohlenstoff and koolstof, both meaning "charcoal substance"). These words derive from the Proto-Indo-European root ker-, meaning "to warm, to burn".
Observed/Predicted By
Egyptians and Sumerians
Observed/Discovery Year
3751 BC
Isolated Sample By
Middle East
Isolated Sample Year
2500 BC
Sources
It is obtained by burning organic compounds with a small amount of oxygen.
Uses
It is used in steel production, filters and many other areas. Radiocarbon dating dates ancient objects with the carbon-14 isotope.
Half Life
Stable
Lifetime
Stable
Neutron Mass Absorption
0.00002
Electron Affinity (eV)
1.262119
Electron Affinity (kJ/mol)
121.7763
Electron Affinity (pauling)
2.55
Electron Affinity (allen)
15.05
Electron Affinity (ghosh)
0.224776
Accepted
11.3
Uncertainty
0.2
C6 GB
47.9
C6 Coefficient
46.6
Constant Internal Default Radius
3.57
Constant
246.4, 246.4, 671.1
Strucutre
THERE
Angles
π/2, π/2, 2 π/3
Oxidation States
−4,−3,−2,−1,0,1,2,3,4
Electron Configuration
1s2 2s2 2p2
Quantum Number
3P0
Electron Configuration Semantic
[He] 2s2 2p2
Shells-0
2
Shells-1
4
Ionization Energies-0
1086.5
Ionization Energies-1
2352.6
Ionization Energies-2
4620.5
Ionization Energies-3
6222.7
Ionization Energies-4
37831
Ionization Energies-5
47277
1-10 of 92 compounds
| Formula | Names |
|---|---|
| C | activated charcoal activated carbonactivated coal carbon, activated charcoal activated diamondboart graphiteblack lead |
| ^13C | carbon-13 carbon-13C |
| C60 | buckminsterfullerene buckminsterfullerene-C60 fullerene C60 footballene soccerballene (C60-Ih)[5,6]fullerene |
| C70 | [5,6]-fullerene-C70 buckminsterfullerene C70 fullerene-C70 rugbyballene (5,6)fullerene-C70-D5h(6) (C70-D5h(6))[5,6]fullerene |
| Ag2C2 | silver(I) acetylide |
| BaC2 | barium carbide |
| CB4 | boron carbide carbon tetraboride |
| CBe2 | beryllium carbide beryllium acetylide beryllium carbide (be2C) beryllium dicarbide |
| ^13CBr4 | carbon-13C tetrabromide carbon-13 tetrabromide carbon-13 tetrabromomethane |
| CBr4 | carbon tetrabromide carbon bromide methane tetrabromide tetrabromomethane |