KERALA PSC / CHEMISTRY / IMPORTANT ELEMENTS / CARBON / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC PRELIMINARY

 

KERALA PSC / CHEMISTRY / IMPORTANT ELEMENTS / CARBON / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC PRELIMINARY

KERALA PSC / CHEMISTRY / IMPORTANT ELEMENTS / CARBON / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC PRELIMINARY

·      Carbon is first element of group 14 of periodic table.

·      It has maximum tendency of catenation (self-linking property) in comparison to any other element in the periodic table

·      It ranks 17^th in order of abundance in earth crust

·      Naturally occurring carbon contains 2 stable isotopes. ¹²C and ¹³C along with traces of ¹⁴C

·      The crystalline allotropes of carbon are diamond, Graphite, fullerene

·      Amorphous allotropes of carbon are coal, charcoal and lamp black.

KERALA PSC / CHEMISTRY / IMPORTANT ELEMENTS / CARBON / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC PRELIMINARY