carbon

Summary

carbon is a chemical element^[1]. carbon has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• carbon is credited with the discovery of Antoine Lavoisier^[3].
• carbon's instance of is recorded as chemical element^[4].
• carbon's instance of is recorded as atmophile element^[5].
• coal is named after carbon^[6].
• carbon's canonical SMILES is recorded as [C]^[7].
• carbon's element symbol is recorded as C^[8].
• carbon's chemical formula is recorded as C^[9].
• carbon is a type of polyatomic nonmetal^[10].
• carbon is part of period 2^[11].
• carbon is part of group 14^[12].
• carbon's Commons category is recorded as Carbon^[13].
• carbon's Unicode character is recorded as 碳^[14].
• carbon's crystal system is recorded as hexagonal crystal system^[15].
• carbon's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1789^[16].
• carbon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Carbon^[17].
• carbon's Commons gallery is recorded as Carbon^[18].
• carbon's atomic number is recorded as {'amount': '+6'}^[19].
• carbon's electronegativity is recorded as {'amount': '+2.55'}^[20].
• carbon's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '-4'}^[21].
• carbon's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '-3'}^[22].
• carbon's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '-2'}^[23].
• carbon's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '-1'}^[24].
• carbon's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}^[25].
• carbon's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}^[26].
• carbon's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '+3'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chemical element^[4] and atmophile element^[5]. carbon is a type of polyatomic nonmetal^[10].

Origins

coal is named after carbon^[6].

Use and Application

Part of include period 2^[11], a period^[28] and group 14^[12], a group^[29].

Influence

Things named for carbon include CNO cycle^[30]; Carbon County^[31], a county of Montana^[32], in United States^[33], founded in 1895^[34]; Carbon^[35], a town in the United States^[36], in United States^[37]; caysichite-(Y)^[38], a mineral species^[39]; C3.ai^[40], a business^[41], in United States^[42], founded in 2009^[43], headquartered in Redwood City^[44]; and carbon planet^[45].

Why It Matters

carbon has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] carbon is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[46]

Entities named for carbon include CNO cycle^[30]; Carbon County^[31], a county of Montana^[32], in United States^[33], founded in 1895^[34]; Carbon^[35], a town in the United States^[36], in United States^[37]; caysichite-(Y)^[38], a mineral species^[39]; C3.ai^[40], a business^[41], in United States^[42], founded in 2009^[43], headquartered in Redwood City^[44]; and carbon planet^[45].