Periodic Table:

Element 6 - Carbo / Carbon

(Latin / English)

Mass Number

Atomic Mass

% Abundance

Nuclear Spin

11 *

11.0114

0

3/2-

12

12.0000

98.90

0

13

13.0034

1.10

1/2-

14 *

13.0032

traces

0

(* = unstable isotope)

Electron Configuration:

[He] 2s2 2p2

Relative Atomic Mass:

12.011

State (25°C, 1 atm):

solid, non-metal

Density:

Diamond: 3513 kg/m3
Graphit: 2260 kg/m3

Melting Temperature:

Diamond: 3820 K

Boiling Temperature:

5100 K (Sublimation)

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