Carbon
Reactive Nonmetal
Carbon (C) is a chemical element with atomic number 6, classified as a reactive nonmetal. At room temperature it is a solid. It has been known since ancient times.
Properties
- Atomic number
- 6
- Atomic mass
- 12.011 u
- Category
- Reactive Nonmetal
- Group
- 14
- Period
- 2
- Block
- p-block
- Electron configuration
- [He] 2s² 2p²
- Phase at STP
- Solid
- Density
- 2.267 g/cm³
- Melting point
- 3823 K (3549.8 °C)
- Boiling point
- 4098 K (3824.8 °C)
- Electronegativity
- 2.55
- Atomic radius
- 67 pm
- Ionization energy
- 11.26 eV
- Discovery
- Known since ancient times
Common uses
Steel production, diamonds, organic compounds, life itself
Did you know?
Basis of all organic life and can form more compounds than any other element.