Question

is carbon a element or compounds

Answer 1

Answer:

Carbon (C), nonmetallic chemical element in Group 14 (IVa) of the periodic table. Although widely distributed in nature, carbon is not particularly plentiful—it makes up only about 0.025 percent of Earth's crust—yet it forms more compounds than all the other elements combined.

Step-by-step explanation:

Atomic number: 6

Melting point: 3,550 °C (6,420 °F)

Boiling point: 4,827 °C (8,721 °F)

Atomic weight: 12.0096 to 12.0116

Answer 2

Answer:

in my book it is written as an element and it is obviously an element because it has symbol