Carbon and its allotropes

Carbon: Carbon, with symbol C is a non-metallic chemical element. It is a Halogen with the Atomic Number 6 in group IV, period II. Carbon is not very plentiful, it only makes up 0.025% of the Earth's crust, but it still forms more compounds than all of the other elements combined. Carbon can exist in a variety of different physical forms. These include: Diamond: Diamond is one of the many allotropes of Carbon. Diamonds are widely known …

…are under the study for medical uses, to target resistant bacteria and even cancer cells. Amorphous carbon: Amorphous carbon is the name used for carbon that does not have any crystalline structure. Amorphous carbon actually contains crystallites of graphite or diamond with bits of amorphous carbon holding them together. Carbon nanotube: Carbon nanotubes are cylindrical shaped carbon molecules with uncommon properties which make them useful in many ways. For example: Nano-electronics, optics, material application etc.