CARBON, C (6)

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CARBON

C (6)

ˈkɑːrbən

PHONETICS

Carbon is non-metallic and tetravalent-making with four electrons available to form covalent chemical bonds. 14C is a radioactive isotope, decaying with a half-life of about 5,730 years.

ELEMENT BRIEF

3750 BCE by Egyptians and Sumerians.

DISCOVERY

Latin, carbō ('charcoal, coal').

ETYMOLOGY

Carbon

ELEMENT

C

SYMBOL

6

ATOMIC NUMBER

7440-44-0

CAS NUMBER
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ELEMENTAL SPECTRUM


Black

ELEMENTAL COLOUR


2.417'000

REFRACTIVE INDEX


-

POISSON RATIO


3.419 cm³

MOLAR VOLUME


-

BRINELL HARDNESS


0.50

MOHS HARDNESS


-

VICKERS HARDNESS


18,350 m/s, Mach 53.498'5

SPEED OF SOUND


33.00G Pa, 325.684'7k Atm

BULK MODULUS


-

SHEAR MODULUS


-

YOUNG MODULUS


ALLOTROPES

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3,823.15 K, 3,550.00 °C

MELTING POINT


4,300.15 K, 4,027.00 °C

BOILING POINT


758.15 K, 485.00 °C

AUTOMATIC IGNITION


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FLASHPOINT


-

CRITICAL TEMPERATURE


-

CRITICAL PRESSURE


140.000'000 W/(m K)

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY


0.000’007’1 K¯¹

THERMAL EXPANSION


710.00 J/(kg K)

SPECIFIC HEAT


105.000 kJ/mol

HEAT FUSION


715.000 kJ/mol

HEAT VAPORISATION


393.000 J/(kg K)

HEAT COMBUSTION


-

CURIE POINT


-

NEEL POINT


-

ADIABATIC INDEX


Solid

PHASE

Conductor

ELECTRICAL TYPE


100.00k S/m

CONDUCTIVITY


10.00μ Ω.m

RESISTIVITY


-

SUPERCONDUCTING POINT


Diamagnetic

MAGNETIC TYPE


-0.000'000'006'2

MASS SUSCEPTIBILITY


-0.000'000'000'074'50

MOLAR SUSCEPTIBILITY


-0.000'014'000'00

VOLUME SUSCEPTIBILITY

Non Metal

CLASSIFICATION


12.010'735'9

ATOMIC WEIGHT


67 pm

ATOMIC RADIUS


75 pm

COVALENT RADIUS SINGLE BOND


67 pm

COVALENT RADIUS DOUBLE BOND


60 pm

COVALENT RADIUS TRIPLE BOND


170 pm

VAN DER WAALS RADIUS


[He]2s²2p²

ELECTRON CONFIGURATION


Hexagonal, Primitive

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE


3.513'00 g/cm³

DENSITY AS SOLID


-

DENSITY AS LIQUID


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DENSITY AS GAS


P6₃/mmc

SPACE GROUP NAME


194

SPACE GROUP NUMBER


π/2, π/2 & 2π/3

LATTICE ANGLES


246.4, 246.4 & 671.1 pm

LATTICE CONSTANTS

4

VALENCE


2.55

ELECTRONEGATIVITY


121.78 kJ/mol

ELECTRON AFFINITY


IONISATION ENERGY

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0.5 %

UNIVERSE


1.5 %

METEORITES


0.3 %

SUN


0.18 %

EARTH CRUST


0.002'8 %

OCEANS


23 %

HUMANS

Stable

HALF LIFE


Stable

LIFETIME


2p² = 2, 1, 0, +1/2

QUANTUM NUMBERS


5.551'00 b σs

NEUTRON CROSS SECTION


0.003'50 b σa

NEUTRON MASS ABSORPTION


STABLE ISOTOPES

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UNSTABLE ISOTOPES

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ISOTOPIC CHAIN

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