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CARBON - Coggle Diagram
CARBON
BASICS
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Belongs to group 14 in the PTE (carbon group),
period 2, p – block
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Reactive nonmetal, sometimes considered a
metalloid
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OCCURANCE
Fourth most abundant chemical element in the observable universe by mass after H, He, and O
Formed mainly in white dwarf stars, in those bigger than two solar masses
Abundant in the Sun, stars, comets, and in the atmospheres of most planets
Carbon dissolved in all water bodies is approximately 36,000 gigatonnes
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HISTORY
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New allotrope of carbon, fullerene, was discovered in 1985
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