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Carbon

Carbon Details

Carbon Symbol: C

Carbon Atomic Number: 6

Carbon Atomic Weight: 12.01115

What is Carbon?
Carbon is a member of group 14 of the periodic table. It has three allotropic forms of it, diamonds, graphite and fullerite. Carbon-14 is commonly used in radioactive dating. Carbon occurs in all organic life and is the basis of organic chemistry. Carbon has the interesting chemical property of being able to bond with itself, and a wide variety of other elements.

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