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 ...

This means carbon is an element close elementA pure substance which is made from only one type of atom. Elements are listed on the periodic table.. Carbon atoms are arranged in a regular pattern ...

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 ...