Quizziz Lesson

 OCCURRENCE OF CARBON

Carbon is an important element which belongs to group (IV) on the periodic table. It is a non-metal, has an atomic number of 6 with electronic configuration of 1s22s22p2.

Carbon occurs in pure form naturally as diamond and graphite which are usually mined and in impure form as coal and charcoal. Carbon is present in almost all the food we eat and it is the second most abundant element in the human body following oxygen.

Carbon is present in the tissues of plants and animals, crude oil, in mineral ores such as; marble, chalk and limestone, sea shell and egg shell and in organic matters of all kinds.