1 of 13

Slide Notes

DownloadGo Live

Carbon

Published on Nov 26, 2015

No Description

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

CARBON

BY JORDAN METZGER
Photo by bulliver

HISTORY

  • Carbon was first discovered as charcoal
  • In prehistoric times
Photo by chrismar

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
Photo by i-nacho

HISTORY

  • Carl Wilhelm Scheele showed
  • That graphite is carbon in 1779
Photo by chefranden

HISTORY

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

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
Photo by @Doug88888

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
Photo by Nevalenx