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INTRODUCTION

TO

CARBON
• Carbon is a non-metal found in the group
IV of the periodic table. It occurs naturally
as diamond and graphite.
• Also, it occurs in an impure form as coal
and in the combine form as petroleum,
wood and natural gases. Other sources of
carbon are limestone (CaCO3), dolomite
(MgCO3) and carbon (iv) oxide in the air
and water around us.
ATOMIC STRUCTURE OF
CARBON
• Carbon is the sixth element in the periodic table.
• The nucleus of its atom is composed of six
protons and six neutrons and surrounded by six
electron.
• Carbon atom has four valence electrons.
• Carbon atoms are able to catenate.
• The ability of carbon atoms to join to one
another by covalent bonds in a continuous
fashion is known as catenation.
ALLOTROPES OF CARBON
Allotropy is the existence of an element
in different form in the same physical
state. These different forms are known
as allotropes.
Carbon exhibits allotropy.
Other elements that also exhibit
allotropy are sulphur, tin, and
Phosphorus.
CRYSTALLINE ALLOTROPES
The two crystalline
allotropes of carbon are:
•Diamond and
•Graphite.
AMORPHOUS
ALLOTROPES
The amorphous allotropes of
carbon are
•Coal
•Coke
•Lampblack (or carbon black) and
Soot.
•Charcoal

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