Carbon

Guide Note:

Carbon is an element represented by the symbol C on the Periodic Table of Elements. Fast Facts:

1. Element number 6
2. Known to humans since prehistory
3. Present in all known lifeforms
4. Tertavalent, non-metal
5. 4th most abundant element in known universe
6. Many alloptropic forms including: Graphite, diamond, amorphous carbon, fullerenes, nanofoam, glassy carbon, aggregate diamond nanorods, and lonsdaleite

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The Mahalo Top 7

1. Wikipedia: Carbon
2. EnvironmentalChemistry.com: Periodic Table of Elements: Carbon
3. Arizona State University: Allotropes of Carbon
4. Encyclopedia of Earth: Carbon
5. BBC Radio: Carbon (2006)  
6. Naval Research Laboratory: Carbon and Related Structures
7. Jefferson Lab: It's Elemental - The Element Carbon

Carbon Recent News

• Google News: Carbon News
• The Guardian Unlimited: Carbon Myths (2007) 
• Yale University: Yale Scientists Use Nanotechnology to Fight E. coli (2007)
• New Scientist: Carbon Electrodes Could Slash Cost of Solar Panels (2007) 
• PhysOrg.com: Carbon Nanotubes Store Hydrogen in Step Toward Hydrogen Vehicles (2006)
• PhysicsWorld.com: Diamonds Are Not Forever (2005) 

Carbon History and Background

• University of Kentucky: History of Carbon and Carbon Materials
• BBC News: Chinese Made First Use of Diamond (2005)
• eMedicineHealth: Activated Charcoal
• MathMol: Carbon
• The Woods Hole Research Center: Understanding the Global Carbon Cycle

Notable Figures in Carbon

• The Enrico Fermi Award: Martin D. Kamen, 1995
• Wikipedia: Sam Ruben
• Wolfram Research: Lavoisier, Antoine (1743-1794)
• NobelPrize.org: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1996

Carbon Fun Stuff

• University of Wisconsin-Madison: Chemical of the Week -- Buckyballs
• Discovery.com: The Skinny On ... Charcoal
• PBS: A Science Odyssey: You Try It: Atom Builder
• The Integrative Library: Why is Graphite soft and Diamond hard if both are pure carbon?  
• The Onion: Thousands Dead In Wake Of Low-Carbon Diet (2005) 

Carbon Research

• National Academy of Sciences: The Radiochemistry of Carbon, Nitrogen, and Oxygen  
• PhysOrg.com: Carbon Joins the Magnetic Club (2007)
• Institute of Physics Publishing: First-Principles Study on the Lonsdaleite Phases of S, Si and Ge (2003)
• University of California, Berkeley: Review of Technologies for the Production and Use of Charcoal  
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH): Nanoparticle Information Library: Carbon
• Northern Carbon Research Laboratories (N.C.R.L.) 

Carbon Education Resources

• ChemiCool: Carbon
• Fergus Ray-Murray: Carbon and Life
• eHow.com: How to Research Carbon
• Carleton University: Modeling Carbon Isotopes
• Getting Started with Chemistry: Carbon
• Forskning.no: Carbon - Super Stuff!  
• University of Oxford: The Chemistry of Carbon
• Michigan Technological University: The Graphite Page

Carbon Photos and Videos

• Live Search Images: Buckminsterfullerenes | Carbon Fiber
• Google Image Search: Graphite | Lonsdaleite | White Carbon | Diamond
• Yahoo! Image Search: Carbon
• YouTube & Google Video Search: Magnetic Graphite | Buckminsterfullerenes
• YouTube Search: Carbon Allotropes

Carbon Blogs and Forums

• The Naked Whiz's: The Lump Charcoal Database
• Irish Eagle: Carbon Footprint Calculator
• The Progressive Economics Forum: The NRTEE and Carbon Pricing
• NHER Insight: Zero Carbon Blog

Carbon Organizations and Societies

• Residential Carbon Project
• The American Carbon Society
• The British Carbon Group
• Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc.

Carbon Books and Merchandise

• Google Book Search: Carbon Books
• eBay.com: Carbon Fiber
• Amazon.com: Elemental Carbon Books

Carbon Theories

• McMaster University: Theory of Atoms in Molecules: What is an Atom?
• Knowledge of Reality Online: Spiritual Secrets in the Carbon Atom
• Imperial College Of Science, Technology and Medicine: Introduction to Molecular Orbital Theory

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