Carbon and its Allotropes
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Carbon is one of the most important chemical elements. Its in the food you eat, the cosmetics you wear and the petrol in your car. Industry uses it in a wide variety of products, and all living things are based on it. Humans are more then 18% Carbon. Without Carbon, life would be impossible, yet it makes up as little as 0.03 percent of the Earths crust.
Carbon
Properties
Chemical symbol: C
It does not melt but sublimes (changes from solid directly to gas) at about 3550C
Has 3 isotopes, Carbon 12, Carbon 13, and Carbon 14. In 1961 the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) adopted the isotope C12 as the basis for atomic weights
Atomic Number: 6
Atomic Mass Average: 12.011
Melting Point: 3823 K (3550C)
Boiling Point: 4098 K (3825C)
Density: 2.267g/cu...