Carbon, 00C
Graphite (left) and diamond (right), two allotropes of carbon
Carbon
Allotropesgraphite, diamond and more (see Allotropes of carbon)
Appearancediamond: clear
graphite: black
Standard atomic weight Ar°(C)
Carbon in the periodic table
Hydrogen Helium
Lithium Beryllium Boron Carbon Nitrogen Oxygen Fluorine Neon
Sodium Magnesium Aluminium Silicon Phosphorus Sulfur Chlorine Argon
Potassium Calcium Scandium Titanium Vanadium Chromium Manganese Iron Cobalt Nickel Copper Zinc Gallium Germanium Arsenic Selenium Bromine Krypton
Rubidium Strontium Yttrium Zirconium Niobium Molybdenum Technetium Ruthenium Rhodium Palladium Silver Cadmium Indium Tin Antimony Tellurium Iodine Xenon
Caesium Barium Lanthanum Cerium Praseodymium Neodymium Promethium Samarium Europium Gadolinium Terbium Dysprosium Holmium Erbium Thulium Ytterbium Lutetium Hafnium Tantalum Tungsten Rhenium Osmium Iridium Platinum Gold Mercury (element) Thallium Lead Bismuth Polonium Astatine Radon
Francium Radium Actinium Thorium Protactinium Uranium Neptunium Plutonium Americium Curium Berkelium Californium Einsteinium Fermium Mendelevium Nobelium Lawrencium Rutherfordium Dubnium Seaborgium Bohrium Hassium Meitnerium Darmstadtium Roentgenium Copernicium Ununtrium Flerovium Ununpentium Livermorium Ununseptium Ununoctium
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C

Si
boroncarbonnitrogen
Groupమూస:Infobox element/symbol-to-group/format
Periodperiod 2
Block  p-block
Electron configuration[He] 2s2 2p2
Electrons per shell2, 4
Physical properties
Phase at STPsolid
Sublimation point3915 K ​(3642 °C, ​6588 °F)
Density (near r.t.)amorphous: 1.8–2.1 g/cm3[3]
diamond: 3.515 g/cm3
graphite: 2.267 g/cm3
Triple point4600 K, ​10800 kPa[4][5]
Heat of fusiongraphite: 117 kJ/mol
Molar heat capacitydiamond: 6.155 J/(mol·K)
graphite: 8.517 J/(mol·K)
Atomic properties
Oxidation states−4, −3, −2, −1, 0, +1,[6] +2, +3,[7] +4[8] (a mildly acidic oxide)
ElectronegativityPauling scale: 2.55
Ionization energies
  • 1st: 1086.5 kJ/mol
  • 2nd: 2352.6 kJ/mol
  • 3rd: 4620.5 kJ/mol
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Covalent radiussp3: 77 pm
sp2: 73 pm
sp: 69 pm
Van der Waals radius170 pm
Color lines in a spectral range
Spectral lines of carbon
Other properties
Natural occurrenceprimordial
Crystal structurediamond: ​face-centered diamond-cubic
Diamond crystal structure for diamond: carbon

(clear)
Crystal structuregraphite ​simple hexagonal
Simple Hexagonal crystal structure for graphite carbon

(black)
Speed of sound thin roddiamond: 18350 m/s (at 20 °C)
Thermal expansiondiamond: 0.8 µm/(m⋅K) (at 25 °C)[9]
Thermal conductivitydiamond: 900-2300 W/(m⋅K)
graphite: 119-165 W/(m⋅K)
Magnetic orderingdiamagnetic[10]
Young's modulusdiamond: 1050 GPa[9]
Shear modulusdiamond: 478 GPa[9]
Bulk modulusdiamond: 442 GPa[9]
Poisson ratiodiamond: 0.1[9]
Mohs hardnessdiamond: 10
graphite: 1–2
CAS Number7440-44-0
History
DiscoveryEgyptians and Sumerians[11] (3750 BC)
Recognized as an element byAntoine Lavoisier[12] (1789)
Isotopes of carbon
Template:infobox carbon isotopes does not exist
 Category: Carbon
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