 | Carbon | Atomic Number: 6 |
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- Overview
Property Value Units 12.0107
2.26
- Thermal Properties
Thermal Properties
Property Value Units 3500°C
4827°C
The critical pressure has not been determined for Carbon
The critical temperature has not been determined for Carbon
105 kJ/mol
715 kJ/mol
710 J/kg·K
140 W/m·K
- Electon Configuration
[He] 2s2 2p2
K L M N O P Q 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 Level S Orbital P Orbital D Orbital F Orbital Level 1 Level 2 - History
Year Discovered
ancient
- Isotopes
Isotope Common Name Symbol Mass Status Abundance Half-life Decay mode Decay Energy Nuclear Spin Magnetic Moment 6
C
12
Carbon C 12 Stable 98.93 - - - - - 6
C
13
Carbon C 13 Stable 1.07 - - - - - 6
C
14
Carbon C 14 
0 - - - - - Isotopic mass data for stable isotopes is from:
G. Audi, A.H. Wapstra in Nuclear Physics A, 1993, 565, 1-65
and
G. Audi, A.H.Wapstra in Nuclear Physics A, 1995, 595 409-480.Natural abundance data is from:
K.J.R. Rosman, P.D.P. Taylor in Pure Appplied Chemistry, 1999, 71, 1593-1607.- Occurance
In the Universe 0.5% In the Sun 0.3% In Meteorites 1.5% In the Earth's Crust 0.18% In Seawater 0.0028% In the Human Body 23% - Models
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