Carbon - Periodic Table of Videos
We take a look at Carbon - one of the most important elements for our lives on Earth. We look at various forms of elemental carbon, from diamonds to exotic graphene and buckyballs. More chemistry...
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Carbon is a fantastically important element. There are probably, far more molecules that contain carbon, than any other element. The reason why you can get so many carbon compounds, is that carbon atoms, form chains very, very easily. Sometimes millions of atoms long. If you just have atoms that will form one or two bonds then you can't build up huge numbers of molecules. If there's no limit to the number of bonds you can make, You can make things that are really long. It's like the difference between a lorry; a truck which can pull if you're lucky, one trailer or perhaps two and a train where you can put as many wagons or carriages as you want. So you can get really long train, so it's just the same with carbon. So carbon it'...
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Carbon is a fantastically important element. There are probably, far more molecules that contain carbon, than any other element. The reason why you can get so many carbon compounds, is that carbon atoms, form chains very, very easily. Sometimes millions of atoms long. If you just have atoms that will form one or two bonds then you can't build up huge numbers of molecules. If there's no limit to the number of bonds you can make, You can make things that are really long. It's like the difference between a lorry; a truck which can pull if you're lucky, one trailer or perhaps two and a train where you can put as many wagons or carriages as you want. So you can get really long train, so it's just the same with carbon. So carbon it'...
