Question

Explain the allotropes of carbon.​

Answer 1

Answer:

When an element exists in more than one crystalline form, those forms are called allotropes; the two most common allotropes of carbon are diamond and graphite. ... Every carbon atom is covalently bonded at the four corners of the tetrahedron to four other carbon atoms.

Isotopes: Carbon-14; Carbon-12; Carbon-13

Answer 2

Carbon has three well known allotropes which are graphite, daimond and buck minster fullerene. These are formed by carbon atoms. In diamond, each carbon atom is bonded to four other carbon atoms forming a rigid three-dimensional structure.