C A R B O N C H EM I CA L F O R M U LA

Carbon a chemical compound with atomic number 6. The best-known forms of

carbon are graphite and diamond. Carbon is found abundantly next to oxygen in
the human body and is the fourth plentifully found the chemical in the entire
universe. It's the sixth element in the periodic table having the configuration of
1s22s22p2

 Carbon Structural Formula

The molecular formula of carbon is as shown below. Carbon is a nonmetallic and

tetravalent compound which can accommodate 4 electrons to form a covalent
bond. It has the capacity to establish bonds simply with different atoms and
with other carbon atoms too, carbon is competent of building multiple stable
covalent bonds with suitable multivalent atoms.

 Properties of Carbon

Chemical formula C
Atomic Number (Z) 6
Period and block Period-2 and group-14 p-block

Electronic Configuration [He] 2s2 2p2

Electron per shell 2,4

Natural occurrence Primordial
Structures Exists in hexagonal and face-centred diamond-cubic

Oxidation State -4, -3, -2, -1,0, +1, +2, +3, +4

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