Question

classify carbonwrite answer to the following in detail ​

Answer 1

Carbon exhibits allotrope and it has two forms: crystalline and amorphous

1. Crystalline form: Carbon has three crystalline allotropes

(i) Diamond, (ii) Graphite, (iii) Fullerene

2. Amorphous form: Carbon has following amorphous forms:

(i) Coal: (1)Peat (2)Lignite (3)Bituminous (4)Anthracite, (ii) Charcoal, (iii) Coke.

Carbon is a solid. It is a naturally abundant dark grey to black non-metallic element that occurs in many inorganic and in all organic compounds, exists freely as Graphite and Diamond and as a constituent of coal, limestone, and petroleum, and is capable of chemical self-bonding to form an enormous number of chemically, biologically, and commercially important molecule