Carbon is made up of just one type of atom close atomThe smallest particle of an element. We often think of atoms as tiny spheres, but in fact they are made from smaller particles called protons ...

An element’s chemical symbol is a single capital letter or a capital letter followed by a lower case letter. What is carbon? Find out about the structure and properties of the element carbon.

It might not be flashy, but it's an essential part of the atmosphere's chemical composition. Though present in a small fraction, carbon dioxide punches above its weight in importance. It's a major ...

You're listening to Chemistry in its element brought to you by Chemistry World, the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Any chemist could talk for days about carbon. It is after all an ...

Silicon (Si) is a metalloid, element number 14 on the periodic table. Like carbon, silicon has four bonding sites, but silicon is more than twice as heavy as carbon. The high melting point of ...

When cosmic rays reach Earth’s upper atmosphere, physical and chemical interactions form the radioactive isotope carbon-14. Living organisms absorb this carbon-14 into their tissue. Once they die, the ...

Sometimes these elements are unwanted; other times they're intentionally added. Carbon (C): Carbon, a nonmetallic element, forms a number of organic and inorganic compounds and can be found in ...

Credit: NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team Carbon, the building block of life on Earth, owes its existence to the fiery crucibles of stars. Alongside elements like oxygen and iron, carbon is forged in the ...