Carbon

Learn about the element carbon. Get carbon facts and find projects and quizzes relating to carbon.

Learn some interesting facts about carbon, the element that is the basis for organic chemistry.

Get periodic table facts on the chemical and physical properties of the element carbon.

Chemistry of Diamonds - Properties & Types of Diamonds

Chemistry of Diamonds

Learn about the characteristics and properties of element group 14 of the periodic table, the carbon family.

You can make black snake or glow worm fireworks yourself, safely and easily.

Learn about the use of the element carbon in fireworks and pyrotechnics.

Learn what activated charcoal is and why it is used in filters and medicines.

This is the definition of carbon black.

The carbon cycle describes the storage and exchange of carbon between the Earth's biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere.

Learn about the element that is atomic number 6 on the periodic table.

How much do you know about the element carbon? Here's a ten question quiz you can take to test your knowledge of carbon facts.

This is a photograph of diamonds, a crystal form of carbon.

This is a photograph of a rough diamond, or a form of carbon crystal.

This is a photograph of carbon fullerene crystals.

Photograph of graphite, one of the forms of elemental carbon.

This diagram shows the electron shell of a carbon atom.