C

Carbon The Carbon element is defined as a natural abundant non-metallic element that occurs in many inorganic and in all organic compounds, exists freely as graphite and diamond and as a constituent of coal,limestone, and petroleum,and is capable of chemical self-bonding form an enormous number of chemically,biologically,and commercially important molecules. One of the hardest substances known to man. A carbon reaction involves a process in which carbon is mixed with another substance which react to form something else.

• Method Gas • Diamonds • Crude Oil • Radiation • Smoke Detectors • Graphite Carbon
 * Common Carbon Fossil **

**3** ** Interesting Facts about Carbon **
 * One of the oldest elements known to man.
 * Carbon has the highest melting and sublimation points of all the elements of about 5800 degrees Kelvin.
 * Carbon was first used by the Egyptians and the Sumerians for reducing copper, zinc, and tin ores in the manufacture of bronze.


 * Fuels ** **Facts about Carbon**
 * Atomic Number-6
 * Atomic Mass -12.0107
 * Atomic Radius- 70(pm)
 * Dating Symbol- C