CARBON

HISTORY

• Carbon was first discovered as charcoal
• In prehistoric times

HISTORY

• Antoine Lavoisier showed that
• Diamonds are a form of carbon in
• 1772

HISTORY

• A new form of carbon called
• Buckministerfullerene was created
• By Harold Kroto, Robert Curl Jr.
• And Richard Smalley

HISTORY

• Carl Wilhelm Scheele showed
• That graphite is carbon in 1779

HISTORY

• The name is carbon it comes
• From the Latin word for burnt wood
• It's symbol is C

PROPERTIES (LOOKS)

• Physical Property- solid
• Melting point- 3823k
• Boiling point- 4098k
• Density- 2.2670 grams per cubic cm
• Reactive- unreactive

PROPERTIES

• Carbon reacts with oxygen that is the only element it reacts with.
• Carbon is unique because of its ability to form covalent bonds.
• Carbon can link to itself to create carbon chains.
• Yes, these properties make carbon unique because not another element
• Is like carbon.

PROPERTIES

• Yes, these properties help explain why ancient civilization used it
• Carbon is worth $2.4/100grams

USES

• Thermal installation, helps keep your house
• Warm
• Pencil lead, to write letters to our friends
• Grilling to make food for us to eat
• Diamonds are made for people to make jewelry to wear

SOURCES

• Found inSouth Africa,Middle East, Cape of Good Hope
• Also found in Arkansas, Colorado, Wyoming
• Carbon is mined
• Carbon is found in abundance in nature and coma from
• Coal mines

SOURCES

• The earth is made up of .2% of carbon

EXTRA INFORMATION

• Large element in industry
• Carbon has the highest melting point of all elements
• Carbon is found in a pure state