Elements / 6
6C12.011
Carbon
Reactive nonmetal · p-block · ring L · spoke 14
Carbon is element 6, a reactive nonmetal. It sits on ring L (period 2) on spoke 14, the carbon group. Follow that spoke toward the center and out again to find its chemical relatives.
Properties
| Density | 1.82 g/cm³ | Terrain → |
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| Melting point | Not measured | Terrain → |
| Boiling point | Not measured | Terrain → |
| Electronegativity | 2.5510th most electronegative of 100 | Terrain → |
| First ionization energy | 1,087 kJ/mol | Terrain → |
| Atomic weight | 12.011 u | Terrain → |
| Crustal abundance | 200 ppm | Terrain → |
| Discovered | Known since antiquity | Terrain → |
Values from open reference data; see sources. "Terrain" opens that property as a 3D landscape across the whole spiral.
Two things you might not know
- A new form of it, discovered in 1985, earned Curl, Kroto and Smalley the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- Its name comes from the Latin for coal; both pencil 'lead' and diamond, the hardest natural material, are made of it.
Checked against en.wikipedia.org.
Spoke 14: Carbon group
Ring L (period 2)
Play with Carbon
Watch it fly into its seat, or raise the whole spiral into a landscape and see where it peaks.