carbon

Summary

carbon is a chemical element^[1]. carbon draws 2,065 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #17 of 144).^[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 planet^[31]; Carbon County^[32], a county of Utah^[33], in United States^[34], founded in 1894^[35]; C3.ai^[36], a business^[37], in United States^[38], founded in 2009^[39], headquartered in Redwood City^[40]; Carbon^[41], a town in the United States^[42], in United States^[43]; and caysichite-(Y)^[44], a mineral species^[45].

Why It Matters

carbon draws 2,065 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #17 of 144).^[2] carbon has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[46] carbon is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[47]

Entities named for carbon include CNO cycle^[30]; carbon planet^[31]; Carbon County^[32], a county of Utah^[33], in United States^[34], founded in 1894^[35]; C3.ai^[36], a business^[37], in United States^[38], founded in 2009^[39], headquartered in Redwood City^[40]; Carbon^[41], a town in the United States^[42], in United States^[43]; and caysichite-(Y)^[44], a mineral species^[45].